First off, movies have ratings for a reason...TV-Y7 means its not really meant for kids under 7. So all these posts about hiw this movie isn't suitable for their 2 year old..well duh...it says its not. Anyways, on to the movie...its a decent story with decent acting. It could be better but, I have seen far worse. It has a good lesson for kids about not judging others. Give it a try.. I mean..its not like you can't stop it and put something else on.
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great for 7 year olds and over
quintondhenwood12 September 2020
These reviews are hillarious - Most adults hate kids stuff anyway but kids love this stuff, you know pets and robots what could go wrong? most western 13 yr olds are stuck playing GTA 5 or fortnite instead of reading so
5/10 stars because hey it keeps the kids busy for an hour and a half i guess.
Not that bad
richhywel14 September 2020
The animation is decent, the story is ok, I agree its not pushing any boundaries, but its far from the worst animated film I've ever seen. I may be slightly biased as my two year old has watched every day, sometimes up to 3 times a day since its been on Netflix, she loves it.
Its just sooooo bad
turntwo-5721912 September 2020
This movie is just awful. Like, not offensive or anything. Theres nothing in there i would not want my kids to see. Its just bad. It feels like somebody fed the twenty most popular kids movies on Netflix to a computer and asked an algorithm to write a script. Then it was edited and retold by my five year old. And then the voice acting was done by whoever was available at the local community college. Cliche tropes is one thing, but this one is done with no charm, character, emotion, nothing. The story is somehow both standard cliche tropes AND makes no sense. The pacing is slow so there is no excitement, the characters are flat so you really dont care about anything one way or another.
Its just plain bad.
Its just plain bad.
Brain went numb after 5 mins
bosscain16 September 2020
This movie has absolutely no redeeming moments. No good parts, the most boring and useless hour and a half you'll ever spend. Watching paint dry or grass grow would be a better use of time. What Rodger leaves in front of the door to distract the robot doorman sums this movie up exactly.
Really, really bad.
sgw55517 September 2021
As the mother of an 8-year-old, I've watched a lot of bad animated movies in the past 18 months of the pandemic. This is easily the worst I have ever had to sit through.
The animation is worse than you get on cheaply-produced half-hour tv shows; the plotline is alternately incomprehensible and stupid; half of it seemed like just borrowed tropes from other, more successful films that were shoehorned together; and the editing is just bizarre.
In almost all the scenes, the animals are walking abnormally slowly - you end up feeling like the production guys said "Guys. This thing is only 72 minutes but we promised the distribution company we'd get them at least 115 minutes of content. You gotta add 40 minutes, stat!" There are weird, lengthy reaction shots (seriously, there is nothing weirder than watching 10 whole seconds of reaction shots between badly-animated animals, especially when there's literally no reason).
Anyway, the next time your kid asks you to watch a movie with them, I promise that watching Frozen II for the 11th time will be better than even 10 minutes of this disaster.
The animation is worse than you get on cheaply-produced half-hour tv shows; the plotline is alternately incomprehensible and stupid; half of it seemed like just borrowed tropes from other, more successful films that were shoehorned together; and the editing is just bizarre.
In almost all the scenes, the animals are walking abnormally slowly - you end up feeling like the production guys said "Guys. This thing is only 72 minutes but we promised the distribution company we'd get them at least 115 minutes of content. You gotta add 40 minutes, stat!" There are weird, lengthy reaction shots (seriously, there is nothing weirder than watching 10 whole seconds of reaction shots between badly-animated animals, especially when there's literally no reason).
Anyway, the next time your kid asks you to watch a movie with them, I promise that watching Frozen II for the 11th time will be better than even 10 minutes of this disaster.
Wow avoid if you can
delpiero-9704912 September 2020
Well all I can say is this is one of the worst animations I have seen in a long time.
To begin with the voice actors have no other emotion other than read as if they reading a book or maybe they thought they were all the robots. How they got Natalie dormer to sign on I don't know, she must have just been killed off on thrones and thought she wouldn't have got another job like all the other deaths off that show. Don't even get me started with the Ronaldo character and his voice that is just ridiculous.
Then the actual animation itself is pretty poor and would expect this as an early 2000 cartoon film.
As for the story that is just ridiculous, the story boarding meeting must have been a free for all, they must have gone we like secret life of pets, wall-e, big hero 6 and bolt and then I am legend and thrown it all together and well it is just a big mess.
The song with the crocodile, tiger and hyena has to be said is awful.
If you can don't bother watching this with your kids as it is no fun nor entertaining.
To begin with the voice actors have no other emotion other than read as if they reading a book or maybe they thought they were all the robots. How they got Natalie dormer to sign on I don't know, she must have just been killed off on thrones and thought she wouldn't have got another job like all the other deaths off that show. Don't even get me started with the Ronaldo character and his voice that is just ridiculous.
Then the actual animation itself is pretty poor and would expect this as an early 2000 cartoon film.
As for the story that is just ridiculous, the story boarding meeting must have been a free for all, they must have gone we like secret life of pets, wall-e, big hero 6 and bolt and then I am legend and thrown it all together and well it is just a big mess.
The song with the crocodile, tiger and hyena has to be said is awful.
If you can don't bother watching this with your kids as it is no fun nor entertaining.
Don't do it to yourself.
rachaelehyland16 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I made a profile so I could review this movie and tell you how bad it is. The closest thing to a highlight is the time a robotic police officer attempts to read a stray dog it's right in a supermarket that the dog is shopping in, but that sentences is funnier than the scene.
What's the point of this film?
chris_jones-5961313 September 2020
Worst movie of 2020
brianbomb198414 September 2020
Son loves
alanevan-9365315 September 2020
Its a film for the kids get over it.
johnnyculhane-0139826 September 2020
I don't say this lightly, this is the worst movie I've ever seen.
deromu17 September 2020
The entire plot could be explained in a few sentences. It should really be a 5-10 minute animated short and even then it would be unimaginative.
The animation looks good in stills but in motion it's awful. The editing is just bad. Nothing feels smooth or natural. None of the dialogue is interesting at all.
If I gave netflix budget animation tools to your average high school level writers and designers you would get this movie. Even then I would give them a C-.
The animation looks good in stills but in motion it's awful. The editing is just bad. Nothing feels smooth or natural. None of the dialogue is interesting at all.
If I gave netflix budget animation tools to your average high school level writers and designers you would get this movie. Even then I would give them a C-.
Even my living room threw up with this one...
marschun-116 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
It made me think of all of my life's bad decisions as I watched this with my girls and seeing this movie will make telling them where babies come from and that only liars say that Santa isn't real so much easier for me.
The Foley Artist must have had 1/2 of the budget after the animators and puke bag makers took th other half.
**Spoiler Alert** *
*see above
TL:DR Go learn how to smoke or whisper to polar bears.
The Foley Artist must have had 1/2 of the budget after the animators and puke bag makers took th other half.
**Spoiler Alert** *
*see above
TL:DR Go learn how to smoke or whisper to polar bears.
Yes, it's pretty bad
Wizard-817 September 2020
Something obviously went very, very, very wrong during the making of this computer animated movie. The only theory I have that might explain its general failure to entertain is the fact that it was a co-production between three very different countries - China, Germany, and the UK. With three different cultures working on the same project, it seems that it couldn't be fine tuned to be satisfying to one (or any) culture.
The movie fails in two big ways. First, there is the script. It is an utter mess. There are many things that are not explained, character development is usually near zero, and there is obvious padding. The second misstep is that it is directed in a manner that is pretty much free of passion and enthusiasm. Things plod along EXTREMELY slowly, and when there is a scene of action or suspense, the movie is remarkably casual and unexciting. Even the music score throughout is held back so much that you hardly register it in your mind.
In fairness to the movie, I will admit that I wasn't unsatisfied by its visual presentation. While the movie didn't have a Hollywood budget, the movie looks fairly colorful and detailed. But even with an acceptable look, the rest of the movie is so tiresome and badly handled that it was a real struggle for me to watch the movie completely to the end. I think even young children will get some sort of feeling that the movie is being held back in many key areas, so even they should not be subjected to watching it.
The movie fails in two big ways. First, there is the script. It is an utter mess. There are many things that are not explained, character development is usually near zero, and there is obvious padding. The second misstep is that it is directed in a manner that is pretty much free of passion and enthusiasm. Things plod along EXTREMELY slowly, and when there is a scene of action or suspense, the movie is remarkably casual and unexciting. Even the music score throughout is held back so much that you hardly register it in your mind.
In fairness to the movie, I will admit that I wasn't unsatisfied by its visual presentation. While the movie didn't have a Hollywood budget, the movie looks fairly colorful and detailed. But even with an acceptable look, the rest of the movie is so tiresome and badly handled that it was a real struggle for me to watch the movie completely to the end. I think even young children will get some sort of feeling that the movie is being held back in many key areas, so even they should not be subjected to watching it.
More Substance Can Be Found In a Vacuum.
the_undertow20 September 2020
For me to stop and review something? It's preventing others from wasting precious time.
Premise is rock bottom - I mean so empty that I'm questioning a cartoon.
Pets, with their people, live in a robot town. That's it. That's the whole thing. Why?
My 4 year-old daughter will watch YouTube all day long. It could be Russians doing Frozen. It could be Elsa in German. It could be rich kids opening toys. I can watch some of those.
It's like someone in Europe randomly chose several Youtube videos, added some Tom and Jerry, put them in a mixer and shook them up.
I feel like the movie should have a disclaimer at the end (didn't get that far), "If you like this movie, you were not paying attention."
Premise is rock bottom - I mean so empty that I'm questioning a cartoon.
Pets, with their people, live in a robot town. That's it. That's the whole thing. Why?
My 4 year-old daughter will watch YouTube all day long. It could be Russians doing Frozen. It could be Elsa in German. It could be rich kids opening toys. I can watch some of those.
It's like someone in Europe randomly chose several Youtube videos, added some Tom and Jerry, put them in a mixer and shook them up.
I feel like the movie should have a disclaimer at the end (didn't get that far), "If you like this movie, you were not paying attention."
Worst animated movie ever
poyglb12 September 2020
Not worth seeing.
vicki_may22 July 2020
Brain dead watching
trembseb13 September 2020
All have been said I'm all other reviews. This movie is terrible , I mean crazy bad. No new ideas , no excitement, my kids are bored like watching a closed tv, and I guess there are more excitement on a dark screen than this movie.
If you saw no animation movie from the past decade you might find kind of interesting ideas, but theses are all stolen from real great movies.
Dont waist your time.
If you saw no animation movie from the past decade you might find kind of interesting ideas, but theses are all stolen from real great movies.
Dont waist your time.
What the...
oliverleysen22 September 2020
It's underrated movie
milanoo8828 September 2020
Everyone dislikes this but I don't
megibson-2635420 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
*SPOILER ALERT*
Everyone is saying how awful this movie is. However I think it was a good movie with a good story. At some point in human existence, I bet this could really happen. No exciting heartfelt moments? What about when Roger turned out to be stealing for other homeless animals? Or being reunited with his long lost owner?
Everyone is saying how awful this movie is. However I think it was a good movie with a good story. At some point in human existence, I bet this could really happen. No exciting heartfelt moments? What about when Roger turned out to be stealing for other homeless animals? Or being reunited with his long lost owner?
My 7-year-old loves this utter garbage
mike-796-75302527 February 2021
He does.... but it is. It's like 5 people who all speak different languages made 5 different movie ideas into one animated compost heap. But it's "his favorite movie." Until he sees the next Marvel movie. Don't watch if you can help it.
So bad it made me angry
dwg-8039517 September 2020
This film is so terrible, I just don't know where to start. Its a bit like some home made youtube animation thats been made feature length. The kids gave up quite quickly. I was getting increasingly annoyed that something this bad somehow was released publicly, but thankfully the kids turned it off!
Very flat in all respects
cazootje16 September 2020
The dialogues, seperate scenes, storyline and 'message' are all terribly on the nose. There's very few genuine moments or emotions.There's nothing new or remotely exciting about the whole thing. And the cherry on top for me was the propaganda for keeping big cats in cages in zoos. Joe Exotic, was this you?
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