Review by Retrostudious

So this is what happens when you combine Illumination Entertainment's superannuated tween pop culture-obsessed storytelling with Paul Feig's poor grasp of humour.

At times, the majority of the characters are often loud and obnoxius, as if that's the punchline, which just falls flat and makes for nauseating viewing. I don't know what it is about most modern kids films, but for the last 20 years they have relied on the same tropes that have characters following contemporary dance trends, i.e., flossing, using "flash in the pan" pop music, and making gags about topical things that are only relevant for that time and place. Unfortunately, this ages these films like milk, and when you catch them on television a decade later, they lose that timeless quality that Pixar, Don Bluth and Disney once mastered.

The only film's saving grace is Jim Carrey, who hits his mark and pulls out a performance not too dissimilar to when he played The Riddler in Batman Forever. He totally hams it up, has all the best dialogue, and just looks like he's having the time of his life.

I watched to see Jim Carrey's "last film", it wasn't the send off he deserved.