Occasionally clever, Surf's Up will no doubt please the audience for which it is intended, namely, younger viewers, as well as those who never get tired of cute animated
anthropomorphic animal films that aim to entertain the whole family.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the
film is full of
anthropomorphic animals and magical critters, some of whom work for witches» academy (including boar - like chefs who prepare elaborate meat dishes, seemingly oblivious to the cannibalistic connotations) while others are captives of Doctor Dee's dastardly experiments.
Beat him on the right side, is the implication, and decades of conditioning from other
films (particularly Disney's
anthropomorphic films) have made driving
animals to the brink of exhaustion and death at the end of whip a little hard to take with a blithe indifference.
The post-apocalyptic
film included crazy visuals, like mutated
anthropomorphic animals, and a villainous performance by Malcolm McDowell.
And yet, for me at least, the
film manages to be its own thing, to be more than just a noirish, postmodern Super Friends / Justice League for
anthropomorphic animal cartoon characters.
Backbone combines the visual and social contrasts of
film noir with
anthropomorphic animals, retro - futuristic technologies, and dystopian fiction.