Michael's Movie Grade: B+
Review: Excellent film is just simply a lot of fun.
This film is a great mixture of clever humor, childish bathroom humor, fantastic animation and just pure fun. What really makes the movie work though is the main characters Harold and George. These characters maintain all of the likability they had in the books. You fully understand their love of pranks. They are not doing it because they are mean, but rather because their school is so boring they need to find someway to entertain themselves. This is something I can easily relate to. While for the most part I liked school, there was on the other hand science classes, which I found so boring it drove me crazy to just sit there. Because of this my mind would wander easily and I could simply entertain myself with my own imagination through these classes. Because of this what Harold and George do makes perfect sense to me and feels so relatable. On top of this most of the humor hits very well. While there are times when it can miss such as an extend sequence where the kids tell Captain Underpants to impersonate a principal that goes on too long, most of the humor is quite funny. Again these jokes range from childish potty humor to very clever humor, and some how the two mix perfectly here. These jokes are perfectly complemented by the animation. The animation is very cartoony, energetic and just plain fun. Many of the jokes are timed so well, that they hit perfectly. Also helping make the movie so fun is the use of various animation styles. This is not a gimmick as it is utilized perfectly to complement the story. These scenes include a great look into the boys' brains, the use of child like drawings for the comic books and most importantly a flip-o-rama action scene (which is very funny).
Just a fun movie.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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