Sentences with phrase «talking animal genre»
Families with canines are better off staying home and having an old - fashioned backyard frolic than trotting out to see Show Dogs, a panting, poorly trained entry in the live - action / talking animal genre that for once makes viewers long for the candy - colored, half - witted professionalism of third - tier Pixar - knockoff animation.
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Director Raja Gosnell is no stranger to this much - maligned genre, with two live - action «Scooby Doo» films under his belt, as well as «Beverly Hills Chihuahua» (cutely referenced when a white chihuahua laments that «nobody makes talking - animal movies anymore»).
This is the same old Cinderella trope located firmly within the «Family Guy» generation, the film's hip acknowledgment of genre conventions (the absurdity of talking animals, the modern irrelevance of royalty) nevertheless failing to capitalize on that newfound consciousness in any meaningful way.