Rated PG
Starring Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei
Directed by Jimmy Hayward
The Story:
Reggie (Wilson) is a turkey who cannot make his flock understand the truth about their fate. Enter Jake (Harrelson), a turkey on a mission:
To go back to the first Thanksgiving and get turkeys off the menu. Using an experimental time machine named S.T.E.V.E. (Takei), the birds take flight and wind up in Plymouth. With the help of the local population, these two birds must outwit the pilgrims who want them dead...and cooked to a delicious ending! Who will succeed?
To my knowledge, this is the first full-fledged animation venture from Reel FX Creative Studios.
And for the most part, they do a decent job with what they produced.
The animation looks lush and vibrant and the voice acting is decent.
Basically, it's an okay story that will entertain the kids for 90 minutes and won't sap all of the willpower of the adults who are watching.
The problem with that, we've grown accustomed to Pixar and the other animation studios really stepping up their game in recent years to deliver masterpiece after masterpiece.
When we receive something lesser...
Somehow we feel cheated.
So I'm looking forward to their next film, I just hope they work a little harder on the script.
Final Grade: C
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Sorry, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will remain the only film in rotation so far...
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