Review's Example : Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Reviewed by Wisik Candra Padmasari

            Mr. Peabody and Sherman is the lastest animation movie that was made by Dreamworks Studio. It had been released in March, 2014. Science-fiction language, comedy, friendship, and family genre are imagine the story of this movie. Parents need to know that Mr.Peabody and Sherman is a big-screen adaption from Peabody’s Improbably History segments of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Many recent films based on retro-cartoon (such as the abysmal Scooby Doo and Smurf films) have failed to provide a good screenplay to accompany its animated film. Orientation

            Mr. Peabody is an anthropomorphic dog who is the smartest being in the world. As a pup, he was rejected by every potential owner. It is leading him to dedicated his life in science, athletic, and technological discoveries. One day, he finds an orphaned infant. After winning custody of him, he legally adopts him under the name of Sherman (age 7). He tutors Sherman through series of adventures throughout history with the use of WABAC (an acronym for Wavelength Acceleration Bidirectional Asynchronous Controller and pronounced as "way back"), a time machine and also his greatest invention. Using this machine, ha and Sherman hurtle back in time to experience world-changing events first-hand and interact with some of the greatest characters of all time while Mr Peabody may faces his biggest challenge of being a parent. But when Sherman breaks the rules of time travel, our two heroes find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future. Interpretative Recount

            This film, however, is packed with witty dialogue and good morals about unconventional families, fatherhood and shildhood struggles. Surprisingly, those two main characters are deep charachters. The fact that Sherman has been raised by a dog does eventually cause a rift between them. The story contains quite a lot of confilct for a kid’s movie. Although this film fills with some potentially frightening scenes, some insult language, and many of the puns and jokes are obviously aimed at parents and older audiences, luckily, the thematic elements are interpersed with exciting visuals. Each time period is filled with beautiful animated landscapes and enjoyable characters wuth top-notch vocal performances, such as Ty Burrell and Max Charles. Evaluation

            At the endof the day, Mr. Peabody and Sherman is a beautiful, funny, and even heartfelt film that families from every background will get a kick out of. It is enjoyable to watch, and I dare even say it’s one of Dreamworks best effort to date. Evaluative Summation