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This is so bad to there was one point at which I thought it was a comedy! People in the cast appeared to be walking aimlessly around in circles, about five horses walked past the camera on a number of occasions. Where on Earth all these people were walking to is a mystery given that they simply appeared to be circling around some ruins. The plot is basically the biblical story that takes up just a few verses in the Bible. It is however strung out for so long, so amateurishly and with such poor production quality that it becomes almost laughable.

This was not the usual Sasha Baron Cohen film in that it has an element of sentimentality although wrapped in outrageously hilarious humour. It is essentially a spy spoof with a few gross out moments. Hilariously funny for those with a reasonably broad mind.

For me. an interesting aspect to the film was the way in which a number of characters from Grimsby matched against the suave characters of international intrigue. I don't want to read too much into the film because ultimately it is a belly laugh, but before anyone looks down on people that they recognise in the Grimsby caricatures, I think that they had an honesty and straightforwardness that were not found in the high minded glyphs represented the international elite.

Every so often I watch a film with limited enthusiasm, simply because I have time me to kill. On these occasions I sometimes stumble across a true delight and am pleasantly surprised...a film that maybe had "mixed" reviews or that received little attention upon its release. Megamind is such a film; a great work of animation and character development.

The film should delight adults and children with enough in it to satisfy all tastes. There is also plenty of amusing and hilarious satire with regard to superhero movies and super villains.

Many superheros and villains are often depicted as wholly good or wholly bad, having at best some traumatic event setting them on their inevitable and unchangeable course. This film actually highlights certain sources of inner turmoil and insecurities of the characters in a very entertaining way and develops the characters as they work these out.

There's also plenty of rip roaring action on the way.

Great stuff! Highly recommended!