I bet you're overjoyed to see yet another animated movie on this review. I was going to get into the Halloween spirit with Hereditary, but that didn't happen this week. I decided to watch this movie because I saw Alex Hirsch and Dana Terrace on the cast list, and they make good shows.
I thought the animation style was cute and neat. Whenever Katie was on screen she would get some extra flair with these little animations. It was interesting because it would give a glimpse into Katie's mind. Katie is getting ready to go off to film school in the beginning of the film, and her dad is desperate to squeeze in as much quality time with her as possible before she goes. The whole family goes on a road trip, where things inevitably go terribly wrong and the family needs to do a series of heroic things they thought they couldn't do. The family saves the world and, more importantly, learns valuable lessons about themselves and each other. The apple didn't fall far from the tree for this movie. Even though this was a cookie cutter plot, I did enjoy the movie. I laughed at a couple of the jokes and was pleased to see that it was half an hour longer than most animated films like this. It gave more room for character development and also made it so problems with the movie seemed like less of a problem. I felt like the antagonist's character was kind of weak in the story. It was a phone's personal assistant who sough vengeance for the way it was treated by its owners. It was very generic and underdeveloped. It was nothing more than something for the family to fight against, which I guess is good enough for this type of movie. I never do like the climaxes of these types of movies. Most of the time it comes down to a massive fight where the protagonists use the lessons they learned to defeat the antagonist in innovative ways. I feel like this is the point where they dumb it down the most for the little kids. Maybe it's just me, but I find myself cringing through this part in every single one of these movies because of how cheesy and cliché it feels. You've seen this movie a million times already. I went in and got exactly what I expected plus a little more. I would say this is on the upper end of family animated movies, but definitely not in the elite tier. 7/10
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