If I were to go back in time and find out I wanted to see this movie in my childhood years, I would've told my younger self to not waste my breath, and that I wasn't missing a thing.
"Osmosis Jones" is, as the title of this review implies, is a complete and total embarrassment; From the first scene, to the second the credits roll.
It is, without question, the worst movie I have ever seen from Warner Bros. And one of the worst films to come out of the early 2000's.
Bill Murray makes a total man-child out of himself in this. He plays Frank, a man who cares more about being unhealthy and eating junk food than he does for his own daughter, Shane; who, by the way, is one of the few decent characters in this cinematic disaster... Which brings me to the biggest problem it has to offer.
"Osmosis Jones" is a live-action/animated hybrid. Why do I find that reason to be a big problem? Because the two just do not mix well, when it comes to this movie. They show too many live-action segments, and when they show the animated sequences, the latter takes up half the runtime.
The filmmakers should've filmed it entirely in live action or just scrapped the idea to make it a hybrid and turn it solely into a cartoon, but NO.
You wanna know what other movie was a live-action/animated hybrid, yet it actually worked and was enjoyable? "Space Jam." It did this concept so much better and wasn't a boiling pot of bull crap, like this movie is!
Now, onto one of many complaints I have with this film; The gross-out jokes. The jokes are nauseating and not funny, whatsoever. Not once, did I laugh or even remotely crack so much as a smile.
Like I said at the beginning of this review, Bill Murray makes a total fool out of himself and his acting is HORRENDOUS. He acted like he didn't give a single crap and wasn't trying at all.
His character is the most unlikable idiot you will see on screen; including Mayor Phlegmming (voiced by William Shatner).
The entire screenplay is a jumbled, contrived mess with barely any character development in it. The only character that has at least SOME redeeming qualities, besides Leah, Drix, Thrax and Shane is Osmosis Jones, himself (played by Chris Rock).
The voice acting is fairly decent with Chris Rock leading the cast as the titular character, David Hyde Pierce, Lawrence Fishburne and William Shatner, but even they weren't able to save this train-wreck. The poor actors just wanted to grab their paychecks and run. Honestly, I don't blame them in the slightest.
Finally, the animation is great; However, once again, it barely saves this movie from falling flat on its face.
In conclusion, "Osmosis Jones" is a terrible, poorly-written excuse of a movie that has little to almost noting going for it. At least, it was the inspiration for "Ozzy & Drix;" a version that was more intelligent than this. Do whatever you can to avoid this film, at all costs. It's not worth it.
"Osmosis Jones" is, as the title of this review implies, is a complete and total embarrassment; From the first scene, to the second the credits roll.
It is, without question, the worst movie I have ever seen from Warner Bros. And one of the worst films to come out of the early 2000's.
Bill Murray makes a total man-child out of himself in this. He plays Frank, a man who cares more about being unhealthy and eating junk food than he does for his own daughter, Shane; who, by the way, is one of the few decent characters in this cinematic disaster... Which brings me to the biggest problem it has to offer.
"Osmosis Jones" is a live-action/animated hybrid. Why do I find that reason to be a big problem? Because the two just do not mix well, when it comes to this movie. They show too many live-action segments, and when they show the animated sequences, the latter takes up half the runtime.
The filmmakers should've filmed it entirely in live action or just scrapped the idea to make it a hybrid and turn it solely into a cartoon, but NO.
You wanna know what other movie was a live-action/animated hybrid, yet it actually worked and was enjoyable? "Space Jam." It did this concept so much better and wasn't a boiling pot of bull crap, like this movie is!
Now, onto one of many complaints I have with this film; The gross-out jokes. The jokes are nauseating and not funny, whatsoever. Not once, did I laugh or even remotely crack so much as a smile.
Like I said at the beginning of this review, Bill Murray makes a total fool out of himself and his acting is HORRENDOUS. He acted like he didn't give a single crap and wasn't trying at all.
His character is the most unlikable idiot you will see on screen; including Mayor Phlegmming (voiced by William Shatner).
The entire screenplay is a jumbled, contrived mess with barely any character development in it. The only character that has at least SOME redeeming qualities, besides Leah, Drix, Thrax and Shane is Osmosis Jones, himself (played by Chris Rock).
The voice acting is fairly decent with Chris Rock leading the cast as the titular character, David Hyde Pierce, Lawrence Fishburne and William Shatner, but even they weren't able to save this train-wreck. The poor actors just wanted to grab their paychecks and run. Honestly, I don't blame them in the slightest.
Finally, the animation is great; However, once again, it barely saves this movie from falling flat on its face.
In conclusion, "Osmosis Jones" is a terrible, poorly-written excuse of a movie that has little to almost noting going for it. At least, it was the inspiration for "Ozzy & Drix;" a version that was more intelligent than this. Do whatever you can to avoid this film, at all costs. It's not worth it.