Extinct
It somehow managed to be convoluted and generic. The animation is identical to dozens of other brightly colored CGI kids movies; never offensive, never exceptional, just there. There’s a third act “protagonists argue” cliche. It doesn’t even attempt to be layered or clever or hold any interest for parents.
But I can also say that it doesn’t rely on fart jokes, there’s no painful pop culture references that will be dated in a few days, no painful attempts at being cool like awkward rapping or meme humor, and the climax doesn’t involve a dance-off, so it’s a step above every Illumination and Dreamworks movie of the past 20 years.
Mini Review: It somehow managed to be convoluted and generic. The animation is identical to dozens of other brightly colored CGI kids movies; never offensive, never exceptional, just there. There’s a third act “protagonists argue” cliche. It doesn’t even attempt to be layered or clever or hold any interest for parents.
But I can also say that it doesn’t rely on fart jokes, there’s no painful pop culture references that will be dated in a few days, no painful attempts at being cool like awkward rapping ...