Hedgehogs

But the filmmakers didn't flesh out the story. Our main character, Bobby, seems to have many obstacles in the film that get settled in a matter of minutes. Talk about anti-climatic. So much of the story is told through verbal exposition it might as well be an audio book. On the plus side? The animation is sometimes decent such as the birds. There's some cool scenes of flying and jumping that give the film a little momentum. There are many characters on screen but make little impact on the film. Had the filmmakers taken the time with pacing, story, and characters this could have been a fine film.

Why does this movie exist? It just makes me want to rip all my hair out



GEEZ

I watched Hedgehogs with 5-6 year olds & they enjoyed it. I found it interesting that this was released in 2016 from Beijing & how well it relates to the current state of the world amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is one of the most time consuming things I have every watched. I think it wants to be a movie but it just cant decide on what it wants to be. Every scene goes by so quickly you feel like your on drugs with how fast the plot is moving around. It's only up until an halfway through the movie we are put on an actual plot line. Now I'm not one to snark on animation but this was pretty cheap. Not to most standards but it still feels like something you would find a dedicated college student to make. Not good but not too bad either. The endless references to sonic got a little grating after a while. At least the characters as bland, boring, forgettable, one note, cookie cutter, cardboard cutout, and bad as they are, at least their voice actor didn't make me feel as if they didn't know what they were doing. For some of these people I wouldn't mind hearing their voices with good direction and a better script. Overall this was a movie that was a complete mess from start to finish and I couldn't recommend it enough. This is a good bad movie that will make you and some friends say "what the hell did I just watch?"

PS. I should mention the the creators of SMOSH (Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox) star 8n this movie as main characters. I thought Ian did pretty good and he could have done better with a good script, and Anthony was terrible I every way. I have no interest or knowledge of SMOSH but if this is something close to their work, I'm not a fan.

This is my second Chinese animation 3D feature after "Throne of Elves". Both of them show a necessity for some Western or Japanese experts to guide the animators especially when it comes to action sequences and fast movements. At those moments the animation is just not believable anymore. In "Throne of Elves" it was catastrophic. Fast movements were stuttering to an extend that it ruined the whole scene. In this movie; though the action sequences were improved and I didn't experienced the same stuttering as in Throne of Elves, the action was so bland and uninspired which also resulted in reduced believability. Maybe it's the lack of proper story-boarding as found in Hollywood counterparts.

As to the plot; there is nothing special to wonder about. Characters are underdeveloped. The love story has no excuse to exist. There are some good intentions and morals delivered throughout the story related to friendship, teamwork and modesty which I hope may be able to resonate with children. They didn't work for me however. Other than that, there may be some good laughs scattered here and there but also not so frequent.

I wouldn't say that you would regret the family time spent at this movie but there are a lot better ways and movies to spend one and a half hours with.