Hedgehogs

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.

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.

This movie is absolutely the worst! I wasted my time with this garbage, I would never ever recommend it. I love hedgehogs, and all wildlife. This movie puts us as people in a really bad light. Despicable :(

Even though this movie is clearly made for young kids but I guess it was entertaining to watch to the point where I was bored again.

Another thing that did bother me is the animation and the cheap art style that was used. Well I am no one to judge but it could have been better. Also, parts of the story are bit dark but not too dark for kids.

Some might find this movie juvenile others will find it idiotic.

Also, why waste voice actors like Kyle Hebert, Patrick Seitz, Max Mittleman and Todd Haberkkorn's time on this when this should be dubbing anime.

From my side it is 4/10 as I have seen better animated movies.

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.