Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Rated PG
Starring Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll,
Directed by David Soren
The Story:
George (Hart) and Harold (Middleditch) are best friends whose overactive imagination and love of comic books has landed them in trouble one time too often with Principal Krupp (Helms). To get them out of trouble, they hypnotize the principal into believing that he is the super-powered Captain Underpants. What could possibly go wrong?
Dreamworks Animation offers up a movie I would never have imagined watching in all my life.
I had seen the books in the libraries and bookstores over the years, and I always rolled my eyes and shook my head.
The artwork was always a turn off for me, and I had no desire to read whatever the story could be to my kids.
So here comes this one, and I groaned...
Until I saw the trailer.
Then I laughed.
So I figured, what the heck, how bad could it be?
It's from Dreamworks, and as I've mentioned before, their track record in our house runs a bit higher than Disney over the last decade.
Honestly, we were not disappointed.
The voice cast is tremendous, and the laughs and jokes are non-stop.
Plus, buried beneath the funny there's a little heart to the story about growing up tucked away in there as well.
Kudos to Ed Helms for double-duty as the stern principal and the goofy hero who alternate throughout the movie, often at the snap of the fingers.
I'm not sure if there will be a second movie, but if it is, we'll be there.
Final Grade: Solid B
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