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Though John Lasseter has flaws, he made a point recently that hyper-stylized animation can distract from any form of substance. That's exactly the point with this movie, where stylish animation gets in the way of wit.

Not even Genndy Tartakovsky can put the Happy Madison bunch to good use, as what are admittedly an intriguing concept and the cartooniest CG animation of the year are botched by predictable gags, basic scripting, insulting attempts to cash in on Shrek's brand of gross-out humour, musical numbers that bring out the worst of modern music and edginess that has potential and reason but feels out of place in a movie where a sponge sucks up werewolf pee in pure ecstasy.

Despite its strong cult following, I cannot recommend this movie unless you're a die-hard fan of Tartakovsky's work (I know I am). It's evident that without Aardman or Lord/Miller, Sony Pictures Animation is the most style-over-substance animation studio in the Pixar/DreamWorks rivalry era. It's not Smurfs (or Eight Crazy Nights) terrible so if you really want to watch it then go ahead. Just thank me for warning you if you can't get that sponge gag out of your head.
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Will recommend for kids and family only. Was kind of bored during first half of the movie.
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