This is one of those movie that I have owned for the better part of 10 years and just have never gotten around to watching. After going down a minor Soderbergh rabbit hole, I found myself in the mood for a caper. Unfortunately, due to the timing, I only had about an hour and a half to watch whatever film I chose. I scanned through my movie library, remembered this, and checked the runtime: 86 minutes.
What a delightful 86…
This movie is very stupid, but any movie starring Elisabeth Moss and Jonah Hill gets at least three stars.
A volcano of imagination, erupting constantly for 107 minutes straight.
I can't believe it took me this long to watch an adventure film with the creative fingerprints of Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, and Steven Moffat all over it. The story and direction are pure Amblin popcorn entertainment and the mo-cap animation is beautiful, nimbly tiptoeing the cliffs over the uncanny valley that movies like Polar Express and Beowulf threw themselves over headfirst. There is a contagious…
