Duck Duck Goose (I) (2018) User Reviews

Cute

[nickfilo · 7/10 · 27 January 2019]

The story is really cute, and there is a consistent flow to the scenes which makes it enjoyable to watch. Not a classic but with a good character build up and solid story line it is well worth a watch.

Hilarious

[ukmitchy · 7/10 · 18 April 2018]

I thought this movie was excellent. It doesn't tell a new tale, but it does it well with some genuine comedic moments. There's plenty of silly jokes to appeal to the 12 year olds and five year olds, and the animation is excellent. If this had been a Pixar/Disney movie, it would have got a far bigger distribution and promotional push than it got. This isn't the best animated film ever, but it's 85 minutes of fun with cute ducklings.

This film is a wonderful lesson about team building and care for others

[madinsky82 · 7/10 · 2 October 2019]

I liked the beautiful nature scenes, cute ducks and the main idea of the story. But too much of farting\sorry!

It's a kids movie people need to stop being so hard

[kayla_oneill · 6/10 · 21 July 2018]

My daughter has watched it 4 times and loves it She said it's awesome cause she never seen a ducky movie before .

Ducks are lovely

[q-85184 · 6/10 · 29 April 2020]

"If you think of life as a game all the time, at the end of the day, you will find yourself alone; you will miss a lot of people, people who love you care about you, lovers and relatives." I thought about this line for a long time. Life can't always pursue blindly. It's right to be ambitious, but we should also not forget our family members. We can't always think that our efforts are for our family, so we only focus on study and work and neglect our family. It's a long way to go, and it's a long way to go.

All over the place and not for kids

[a-86812-83916 · 2/10 · 22 July 2018]

I'm an adult and I thought I'd go to Netflix to watch some random movie. I decided upon Duck Duck Goose. It's obviously for children, or so I thought. It's an animation and looks really nice but all but the humor... Well, you can probably show this to a kid, if they can handle the cat with two personalities (much like the good cop/bad cop in The Lego Movie but granted, this cat is a lot darker) but a lot of the jokes will go over their heads. There's also quite bit of violence.

SPOILERS:

A lot of fart jokes which I'm sure kids will laugh at, but there are also jokes of sexual nature (like flirting and even one erection joke) and I'm not sure if those are okay, even if the kids don't understand. The cat, I would imagine, to a child can be quite scary and the violent scenes as well. Oh, and the two ducks are going to a place that they think will be great and their new home but it's really a restaurant, so the ducks are going there like pigs to slaughter. Kids are not stupid, they will pick up that something is wrong and not okay. That scene overall is super gloomy and dark, the movie shifts from bright colors and beautiful scenery to a dark, gloomy city.

Overall, for an adult, this movie a mess and super confusing. I thought it was about the goose but it's really not. It's not about some dude who shows us that difference should be celebrated or something. Instead, it's the pretty basic movie: a jerk dude "adopts" two kids and they all hate each other but eventually ends up being a little family. The voice acting is okay but overall, it's not the best.

It's a disappointment.

Fun and beautiful

[ella-21956 · 7/10 · 11 August 2018]

I'm not sure why this movie has so many bad reviews. It's a fun kids movie. The animation is well done and honestly it's just a really pretty film. The cat is kind of spooky but not too bad. Parts were predictable but there were also some good plot twists. I enjoyed it.

Don't waste your time

[riaan-melanie · 1/10 · 15 July 2018]

Don't waste your time wasting this. My kids really didn't enjoy this movie and both of them were upset due to the evil cat. Inappropriate humor and generally a badly written script

Very not bad cartoon, but has unnecessary humor and violence

[soto350 · 6/10 · 29 May 2018]

The main problem of the cartoon is the presence of childish vulgar humor and excessive violence, especially with the protagonist, who looks like a clumsy fool, depriving himself of any chemistry. Because of what these shortcomings accumulate people's opinions to the hate about this cartoon.

The cartoon itself is on graphic and visual is good and very enjoyable to watch. If delete the scenes associated with vulgarity and excess violence, it can be enjoyable for home viewing.

Slow, boring and poor

[primaveraband · 1/10 · 1 April 2018]

Characters aren't lovable, humour is pathetic, story is very poor

Don't understand the criticism below

[tiffyleek · 8/10 · 13 May 2018]

I took my two boys (5 and 7) to see Duck duck goose this morning. They loved it. They were laughing themselves silly at the pigs' scene and near the end when Peng confronts the baddie, (won't put spoiler in here, not sure a grown up would laugh there even though I did, with my children). There was a scary bit when my 7yr old suddenly changed seats to sit by me, another good sign I thought, especially considering they refused to let us watch "Moana" and "the secret life of Pets". They dragged us out of the cinema early for both of those two movies, really hated them. They won't stay if they don't like it, no sir!

The imagery is really beautiful too. Stunning at times actually.

Maybe it's more of a boys movie I don't know? My two are obsessed with dinosaurs of all kinds. "Frozen is a girls movie dad" they told me when my wife wanted to make them watch that one.

Maybe it's one of those marmite movies but my boys gave it a big thumbs up.

Ignore low score, This is a good movie to watch with toddlers

[foaadsm · 7/10 · 26 August 2018]

At the minimum, this is ~1.5 hours om Jim Gaffigan. the guy is funny. He sounds and talks funny. I watch this movie all the time and it's still good. I watch it with a toddler who also pays attention more than he would usually. The art is good and cute. The story is simple which is good. There are some characters that are not interesting but over all it comes together as good family entertainment; specially, on those Sunday morning when you want to cuddle up and watch something. I will watch it again and recommend it to anyone with little ones.

really dissapointed , definitely not a movie for a 5 years old child :(

[angelinadiaz-30150 · 2/10 · 3 April 2018]

We went to see this movie today with my 2 adults friends and 4 kids, all in age 4-6 years old. Movie age 4+ is full of horrific scenes , which scared all of us, especially very scary big Cat with a red and yellow eye. Lots of cruel scenes when the kids started to scream and adults wanted to leave the cinema as we were really upset.We have seen almost every new a movie for a kids and we loved them all but Duck Duck Goose is definitely NO NO NO one. there was only a few funny scenes and the end was cute but why do they say on the start of the movie that some scenes are not recommended for kids and parental control needed. movie for kids 4+????? seriously do not waste your money and go to see some other movie like Peter rabbit as that one is cute and funny ;)

Popcorn movie

[liuamanda · 7/10 · 6 April 2019]

It's a good one as long as you manage your expectations well. The ducks are really cute but some other characters are really not necessary e.g. the squirrel. There are a few bad jokes. Kids under 10 would love it.

A Surprisingly Charming Film

[robert-85923 · 6/10 · 2 January 2019]

This is a surprisingly charming film about a male goose (gander) who is adopted as mum by two ducklings. It's a quirky Chinese/American collaboration with a couple of Brits thrown in for good measure.

It's a good family film with some feel good lessons about loyalty, family and cooperation.

The animation is nice and the scenery quite special. The voice talents are OK, but occasionally don't quite match up with the characters they are portraying.

Terrible, boring, nonsense

[jonniejensen · 1/10 · 5 April 2018]

We left after 40mins and snuck into another movie. My kids and I see almost all family movies. We are tolerant and see the best in what we watch. This was boring nonsense. Like a mash up of 50 other movies characters. Just do not go and watch it.

good intentions

[Kirpianuscus · 11 July 2019]

...and reasonable result. Few old cliches, a story, not real convincing, about parenthood, a silly and almost embarrassing portrait of China , beautiful visualy but improvised story. A goose- chaotic in all senses, two little ducks, a cat , few pigs, a squerrel, something who could be defined, with a lot of indulgence , as love story. And an animation who has few nice virtues but any ...sense. Maybe, too ...childish. Or , more exactly, not inspired. So, good intentions.

It's for children

[harelives · 6/10 · 28 July 2018]

Simply, it's for children. So adults might not get it.

Duck duck boring.

[ThunderKing6 · 3/10 · 11 December 2020]

This was a boring movie.

It's kind of like fugitive but with geese with a few twists. The characters are all boring.

The animation could not save this boring movie.

Verdict: another Netflix hash

An awful, unfunny, disastrous animated movie.

[Animated_Antic · 1/10 · 24 July 2018]

Back in September of last year, I remember going to "The Lego Ninjago Movie" and having to sit through a trailer for an upcoming animated movie called "Duck Duck Goose" and it looked so bad that I started to dread watching it. Even though it was fortunately, the movie didn't get released on it's original April date and was pushed back to August, it was also unfortunately moved forward to July and just went straight to Netflix and skipped it's original theatrical release. I went into this movie expecting to be a generic bad animated movie and left completely shocked. I'm not going to make this up everyone. It's true. This film is one of the worst animated movies I've ever seen in my life. In fact, it's worse than "Norm of the North" and that film had a twerking polar bear played by Rob Schneider. Yeah, guys. It's that bad.

A gander in China named Peng (Jim Gaffigan) is cited as being the weakest in his flock. He is not the fastest flyer and is ridiculed by his pears, even to the point where he sent to fly with the kids. However after his flock leaves without him, Peng ends up breaking his wing due to an incident with a gong and runs into two ducklings named Chi (Zendaya) and Chao (Lance Lim) who are also separated from their flock and are trying to get to a place called "Pleasant Field". Hoping to get back to his flock, Peng agrees to take them to the flock. What they don't know though is that they're being followed by a cat (I'm not going to bother saying who plays him) who is planning on making them dinner. This is where I'm going to stop talking about the plot because I've already lost some sanity watching it and I don't need to lose anymore.

I seriously was not expecting this movie to be as bad as it was. It looked bad from the get-go, but not as atrocious as it turned out to be. This story is nothing but cliche after cliche. It throws every single, stupid plot line you see from a bad animated movie and tries to pass it off as original. It also throws in lots of butt, fart, and puke joke into the mix to make your brains even more numb. The animation is also very generic and bland. It's so boring to look at. Nothing about it shines out and screams it's beauty. It's just as dull as looking as a blank wall. Wait, I take that back. Blank walls have more personality in them than this movie does! I'm serious guys! This movie is just trash! The characters are also unoriginal. Peng is the liar revealed character you all expect to be, Chi is the sassy smart teenaged character, Chao is the stupid one. There's nothing new. Well, the cat does have sort of a Gollum like split personality but it's not funny. It's just atrocious. Also, the climax is one of the craziest and messed up scenes in animated movie I've ever watched. I'm not exaggerating. It's so brainless and idiotic that I struggled to understand how this movie even got released on a platform like Netflix.

So, yeah. If you can't tell by this review, I really did not like "Duck Duck Goose". At all. It's honestly one of the worst animated movies I've ever watched. The story is cliche and insane, the animation is bland and boring, and the characters are all traits that have been done to death. I don't know what to say guys. Just skip it. Don't check it out. It's really not worth ninety minutes of your life that I just wasted. I never thought I'd say this, but you're honestly better off watching the film with the twerking polar bear played by Rob Schneider. I mean it.

Really good movie, funny and sweet

[ojsmom00 · 8/10 · 22 July 2018]

All I have to say to all the reviewers whining about how the movie was too scary because of the cat so is too scary for children, then you shouldn't take your kids to any animated movies. Almost all the Disney or Pixar movies have a scary nemisis. How about a half-crazed rich lady trying to kill puppies for a spotted coat or or an evil queen/witch tryibg to kill her stap-daughter with poison? Never heard anyone say 101 Dalmations or Snow White was too scary for kids. This was very cute movie and glad I watched!!

Terrible movie, I dont recommend you go and see it

[juszczyk-58200 · 2/10 · 13 April 2018]

Duck Duck Goose is a horrible movie with terrible pacing. non interesting characters and a bad story. The animation wasn't the best to look at and during the viewing i was mostly thinking about ideas that this movie stole from other great animations. The most comparisons i found was to a animated movie called Rio by Blue Sky Studios as Duck Duck Goose has a main character who cant fly, a girl bird who is the main characters love interest and villain who wants to kill the main character. In conclusion Duck Duck Goose is a movie that is not worth your money as it will make you want to fall sleep through the entire viewing.

uses words like "hate" "idiot" and "stupid"

[brandycurtis-14738 · 2/10 · 28 July 2018]

Why do movies need to do this? The message and entertainment value would not be missed if characters could avoid using insults!

Poor pacing - not funny

[johnsonna-96-930859 · 2/10 · 8 April 2018]

This is lazy story telling mixed with slow pacing. Kids 6 and under would sit through it that's about it.

Three Words: "What, A, Mess"

[Clank_Zoka · 1/10 · 25 September 2018]

I didn't want to see this movie at all, it looks so bland and unfunny, even if it stars some people I know, it doesn't matter all that much, I gave it a skip anyways and thankfully so, i heard lots of people didn't like it and thank goodness for that, but I did decide to give it a chance yesterday, even though I know it won't be that good and........... BOY WAS I RIGHT!?, this is the most blandest, unpleasant and uninspiring film I ever had to sit through this year and that's coming from someone who saw Sherlock *coughs* Gnomes and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again....

The film is about a goose named Peng (Jim Gaffigan) who's always considered the "funny guy", always causing trouble and especially when he separates this two ducklings from a herd, Chi (Zendaya) and Chao (Lance Lim) and Peng has to try and help these two find their group in a journey before a evil predator eats, along with comic reliefs and sooooo much filler, wow.... it tries waaaay too hard to be funny and trying to keep the film's attention, it never does anything clever or funny, it's just by the numbers and you know what will happen, it never got engaging or interesting..... well maybe a little near the end since it's when the tone changes and the movie does get a little better.... but that's not much, it feels so childish and no effort was put into it, that it has literally nothing to offer!.

The animation is the only decent thing about this film, granted it does look pretty good, nice backgrounds and some good character designs, along with a pretty decent atmosphere and that's fine, but the movie looks so generic and bland and not all that well rendered that it looks like a Straight-to-DVD sort of movie and that's what it feels like when looking at it, not much that stands out about, it just looks like a average looking animated film that has no good quality to it, but like I said before, it has a touch of talent and it looks decent at times, but it's not that good of animation at all.

The characters are just some bland tropes, Peng is the main character who is reaaaaaally unlikeable and I never liked him at all, kind of like Surly but ten times worse, sure he will be nicer later on, but he has no redeeming quality and is not at all funny, the two ducklings Chi and Chao are a tad interesting, while Chi was fine, Chao was reeeeally annoying, I couldn't stand him at all , the other characters like the love interest, the strict father, the rooster, the hen, the two comic reliefs voiced by Stephen Fry and Craig Ferguson I wish were funny because them two agave been really funny and good in other stuff, not here however, the villain is properly the only one that actually has a personality, he can be threatening at times and kind of fun, but not much from him, even the voice acting is just pretty obnoxious, Jim Gaffigan and Zendaya are the only ones that actually do a good job, even though Gaffigan is better then the third Hotel Transylvania and hopefully Zendaya will be great in the upcoming Smallfoot, but I think they are pretty good with the voices, everyone else barley put any good effort in and sound like they are somewhat bored, even firggin' Stephen Fry is not great here and that's a really shame because I always like Stephen Fry, the characters are so bland and forgettable that I don't remember anyone and makes it even worse with the voice acting.

Yeah...... this movie is pathetic, properly even worse then the Nut Job, but it's close to being as bad as the Emoji Movie, with a generic plot, bland looking animation and dull characters with bad voice acting, this movie was just unpleasant and annoying to get through, I'll give it that the animation is decent, Chi and the villain are a tad interesting and I like Gaffigan and Zendaya's performance, but that's not enough to say this is good, I don't recommend this movie at all, show your kids something better, but don't watch this..... it's better to leave it to rot in the underworld.

Of course this movie gets a 1/10, better to leave it at a 1 then a 5.6...