Best suited for adults with an interest in animation

Wizard-8

"Gay Purr-ee" has some interest in that it was co-written by the great animation director Chuck Jones. If you are looking for proof that Jones was a much better director than a writer, this movie will provide the necessary evidence. While the script isn't downright awful, it is quite lacking in some key areas. For starters, while none of the characters are repulsive, all the same you will not really care about them, even with the main protagonists. They are pretty thin and rely more on attributes found in stock characters than having attributes that would make them unique and sympathetic. Another problem is with the story itself. There is really only about enough story for half an hour, which results in the story moving extremely slowly. Additional padding (mostly in the first half) comes from the song numbers, which number too many for the audience's patience. The songs are pleasantly sung by the cast, but otherwise they are not really memorable. On the positive side, the movie does have some nice background art throughout (thought the actual animation is only so-so). What the movie ends up being is a movie that will probably bore kids, and will probably test the patience of parents who are not aficionados of animation.

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Wizard-8 12 May 2016

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