Young CriticFerdinand
Adapting a short story is more fit for a short film. This was what Disney did in 1938 with the story of “The Story of Ferdinand” into the Oscar winning short Ferdinand the Bull . It’s taken nearly 80 years until 21st Cen
Reviews tagged: family film
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Young CriticCoco
Pixar, just like many Hollywood studios, has fallen into the sequlitis wave, their last fully original film was back in 2015 with The Good Dinosaur , and even that was an adaptation of a children’s book. The next slate o
Young CriticDespicable Me 3
Illumination Entertainment is an absolute cash behemoth. They’ve only released seven films, but that has been enough to eclipse the likes of Dreamworks (which they bought through their parent company Universal) and becom
Young CriticCars 3
Pixar has been the staple of quality in Hollywood for nearly two decades. However, their recent foray into sequels has seen a slump in recent outings like Monster’s University, Finding Dory, and Cars 2 . The latter title
Young CriticBeauty and the Beast (2017)
Why remake a perfect movie? That question didn’t seem to haunt Disney’s executives as they greenlit a slew of live-action remakes from their animated library. Some of these new films have brought new life and quality int
Young CriticThe Lego Batman Movie
There is an increasing super-hero fatigue in Hollywood where most stories seem recycled, the only answer to keep this genre going is to laugh at itself and not take itself too seriously. This phase was started out last F
Young CriticSing
Music is an action that separates human beings from any other animal on our planet. The act that a different set of sounds manages to bring delight to one of our senses is something apparently other species can’t experie
Young CriticMoana
Disney has had a quite a run with its animated division. Both Pixar and Disney Animation Studios have been delivering successful hits for more than half a decade, ushering maybe a third Golden Age of animation. With each
Young CriticMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Tim Burton has been criticized for hitting a bit of a roadblock in his directing choices recently. I really enjoyed his last film Big Eyes; it was a noble effort of restraining his abstract manner and returning to a simp
Young CriticQueen of Katwe
When portraying the third world in films, it is usually common for there to be a lens of pity, so that us sitting comfortably in front of our screens can feel bad about our wealth. It is rare that we see an honest film t
Young CriticStorks
The animation genre is being increasingly delved into, and it’s proving to be a monetary and creative goldmine. Many studios have created new branches solely focused on animation. Universal was successful with its Illumi
Young CriticKubo and the Two Strings
Wow, I did not see that coming. Laika Animation Studios has garnered fame with their three first films: Coraline, Paranorman, and The Boxtrolls . Their projects were unique not only for their use of stop-motion, a dying
Young CriticFinding Dory
Pixar sequels haven’t generally worked out, bar the Toy Story trilogy, the sequels they’ve given us are Monster’s University and Cars 2 ; both have been step-downs from the originals. Finding Dory is the long-awaited se
Young CriticAlice through the Looking Glass
It is such a shame that we are getting more and more studio movies. Sure the film says, “directed by,” but unfortunately it’s mostly just a puppet at the hands of the executives. The 2010 film Alice in Wonderland direct
Young CriticThe Angry Birds Movie
Films adapted from video games have been a complete failure in the past. I can mention some names like Need for Speed, Super Mario Bros., Lara Croft, Mortal Combat, and Ratchet & Clank . I doubt many of you have even he
Young CriticThe Jungle Book (2016)
I don’t normally look positively on remakes, but as in everything there are exceptions. I have previously said that the best way to go about a remake is changing the story into something fresher, but keeping some nostalg
Young CriticZootopia
Disney is producing more and more films that are aimed at children but are really for adults. We saw this with last year’s Inside Out , and we see it this year with Zootopia . It really is revolutionary for a medium that