Saturday, 9 November 2013

Film Review - Free Birds


Young Turkeys

Film: Free Birds
Voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler
Directed by: Jimmy Hayward
Duration: 1 hr 31 mins
Rating: * *

 Free Birds is one those run of the mill animation films, in fact most of the animation films these days can be branded in that category. They are not dull or boring but they surely aren’t very exciting either. Since most of them have animals as characters, kids love them anyway.

 This film is about turkeys. Reggie (Voice of Owen Wilson) and Jake (Woody Harrelson) with the conviction of the former, decide to go back in time and take turkey off the menu for Thanksgiving. In an unexpected turn of events they find themselves in a time machine and go back to 1621 when the ritual of Thanksgiving started. 

They meet a bunch of turkeys that live in seclusion but it’s a matter of time before the human beings get to them. Reggie and Jake along with Jenny have to team up to accomplish their mission. Like most films, this also is about friendship and self belief and those virtues will never go out of fashion.

The 3D is totally ineffective and this norm of releasing every animation film in that format doesn’t really give the audience their moneys worth. On the whole, this one is passable. 

(Published in The Navhind Times on 10th Nov 2013)
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