Storks
Storks 3D Movie Review
Written By: Adolph Vega
3D
The best way to describe the stereoscopic 3D of this movie is muted. You can barely tell the difference between the different layers of 3D depth. The single moment that played up that 3D is a tiny scene with a character playing with a paddle & ball, and the ball popped out of the screen. One tiny scene is not enough to justify the purchase of a 3D movie ticket. The 3D element of this movie is honestly an afterthought and not at all worthwhile.
Final Score: Terrible 3D Watch in 2D
Movie
This film takes the popular 'storks delivering babies' myth and updates it to fit a modern setting. The storks are now a package delivery company and are no longer interested in delivering babies. The main focus of this movie revolves around the stork named Junior who wants to be the new head of the company. For Junior to get his promotion, he must get rid of a human girl named Tulip. Tulip is an orphaned human girl who lives with storks and is considered a trouble maker for the company. The movie also has a secondary plot with the human Gardner family. The Gardner family sent a letter requesting a baby to be delivered from the storks company. The two plots are directly interwoven, as Junior and Tulip try to deliver a baby to the Gardner family. During this wacky adventure, Junior, Tulip and the baby meet up with several characters including a pack of wolves and a character named Pigeon Toady.
Pigeon Toady is an obstacle for Junior and Tulip as they attempt to deliver the baby to the Gardeners. Pigeon Toady is easily the worst character of this movie. Toady's personality is totally obnoxious and is completely tedious to watch on screen. The annoying character trope can work in some movies, but this isn't one of those. This character alone ruined any scenes that he was involved in. I dreaded every moment that the character was on screen because he killed the flow of the movie. Pigeon Toady has annoying dialog, terrible line delivery, and awful personality traits. Pigeon Toady is the most annoying, insufferable antagonist that I have seen in an animated movie in years. This character dramatically extinguished the enjoyment that I gained from watching this movie.
In contrast, the wolf pack characters are a fantastic addition to this movie. The wolf pack is chasing Tulip, Junior and the baby for the latter half of the film. The wolf pack is a collection of wolves that fell in love with the baby and want to take it away to adopt as their own. The wolves are portrayed by the comedy legends "Key and Peele" , and they deliver a fantastic comedic performance. The wolf pack has the ability to collaborate and transform into different things. Imagine a cheerleading squad becoming a human pyramid , that is what the wolves can do to a ridiculous and extreme degree. This dynamic is silly, funny and easily the most creative aspect of the movie. This ability to transform makes no sense, but they manage to make it work on screen, which makes for some amazing visuals that are easily the highlight of the movie. The wolf pack characters are totally ridiculous, hilarious and all but steal the show from the main characters of the movie when they are present.
In closing, the movie is a combination of high points (wolf pack) and low points (Pigeon Toady) and overall is a flawed movie . The plot of the movie is overstuffed and is too convoluted for what it is. It tries to juggle too many characters , locations and plot points, and ultimately fails to handle them all of them in a convincing way. I also think the movie has too much dialogue and is too chatty with the character interactions and needed some editing. The writing is decent, with good jokes for both the kids and adults to enjoy. The movie has many huge plot holes and story inconsistencies. For instance, the character Tulip also has extensive engineering experience that is never fully explained. The pacing in the middle of the movie slows down dramatically and becomes boring . Most of the scenes with the Gardner family are totally forgettable. The movie ends in a tender way that is very satisfying, but also leaves many unresolved plot points. Make no mistake; Storks has some major issues, but overall I found more positive aspects than negative aspects to this movie. Sadly, the Storks movie delivers a mixed bag of cute family entertainment, that I can only slightly recommend.
Final Score : 6/10