I logged in to IMDB solely to drop a 1 star rating and ask, earnestly, did people actually work on this? Or is this the result of fever dream and a ChatGPT prompt?
They never, not even once, mention a Swan Princess. How do you put Swan Princess in the title, and never mention it once?
And let's talk about the bizarre and arguably unfinished animation. One of the main characters never ages, but other people do. Normally productions take the approach of starting with a young character and adding a touch of grey and some extra lines. This production took the approach of using the old version of the character the entire time, including at the very beginning when she looked old enough to be her husband's grand mother. He looked so disheveled that I honestly thought he was some idiot jester that the other kings (yes there are several) listened to his suggestions like he was the winner of a make a wish day.
The single redeeming quality of the film, was that my seven year old daughter and I bonded over the shared "what the hell did we just watch?" experience that this movie gave us. That is something that I am truly thankful for.
