2006, The Weinstein Company
Animation
Rating: G
Approx. 74 mins.
THE STORY:
Doogal the dog (Daniel Tay) and his friends (Jimmy Fallon, Whoopie Goldberg, William H. Macy, Chey Chase, Kevin Smith) have to save the world from a deep freeze imposed by the evil Zeebad (Jon Stewart). They struggle and succeed.
QUESTIONABLE LANGUAGE:
- none
VIOLENCE:
- none
TEACHING POINTS:
- none
THE UPSHOT:
Oh, the horror. Even the 6 year-old in the room wanted to give up about half-way in. Unfortunately, she changes her mind soon after and we did watch the whole torturous thing.
The story is confusing, the characters are unfamiliar to a North American audience, the voices are irritating (quite a feat given the star-power involved). The fortunate thing was that it was only about 74 minutes long. The unfortunate thing was that it's about 64 minutes too long.
As the child of expat British parents, I grew up on The Magic Carousel, so was expecting a stroll down nostalgia lane if nothing else. Not even. Spare yourself.
The story is confusing, the characters are unfamiliar to a North American audience, the voices are irritating (quite a feat given the star-power involved). The fortunate thing was that it was only about 74 minutes long. The unfortunate thing was that it's about 64 minutes too long.
As the child of expat British parents, I grew up on The Magic Carousel, so was expecting a stroll down nostalgia lane if nothing else. Not even. Spare yourself.
1/5
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