All the reviews I read of this film while it was in theaters were not complimentary, so I didn't read any of the reviews here on IMDB prior to watching it because I wanted to form an opinion that wasn't affected by them. Turns out the film was much better than I'd expected it to be, and I don't understand the criticism of the CGI, as I thought it was excellent - much better than what I've seen with animals in other films. I figured the rogue Lion was CGI only because there'd be no way to train a lion to do what it was doing, but I thought some of the other lions in the film were real.
Some have complained about the older daughter being an annoying character, but given she is an angry teenager, she acts as I'd expect her to.
I think if you go into this expecting it to be a 'creature feature', you won't be disappointed. If you expect it to be high art, you might as well move on. But I'll take this over anything Wes Anderson has done lately or some of the recent 'rom-coms' every day of the week.
Some have complained about the older daughter being an annoying character, but given she is an angry teenager, she acts as I'd expect her to.
I think if you go into this expecting it to be a 'creature feature', you won't be disappointed. If you expect it to be high art, you might as well move on. But I'll take this over anything Wes Anderson has done lately or some of the recent 'rom-coms' every day of the week.