Well, just got back from packing the kids up to go see Curious George. $47 later (we needed popcorn, hot dogs, drinks and tickets), we got into the theatre.
The movie is loosely based on the original Curious George by H.A. Rey book where the Man in Yellow Hat travels to Africa and meets George, puts him in a bag and takes him back to New York to put him in the zoo. The movie tries to remove some of the politically incorrectness and has George becoming a stowaway on the ship on the way back…and there are no zoo plans for George.
But what I found weird is the movie is still filled with politically incorrectness in that the Man in the Yellow Hat (Ted) is sent on an expedition to Africa to loot historical artifacts. And then when he gets back without what he expected, he tries to deceive people through trickery, which seems very out of character for the gentle Ted (voiced by Will Ferrell).
Putting all that aside, the kids loved it. They laughed so hard at the antics of George. I mean, who doesn’t love a silly, curious monkey? Even my laughing was loud enough for the whole theatre to hear. It was definitely cute.
Even though the movie was only about an hour and half, it seemed so much longer. The conflict which was just a little drawn out and in the end, I personally didn’t care how it turned out. I would have been happier watching George and his silly antics for the duration of the movie.
As far as my nearly 3 year-old and 4 year-old are concerned, they liked the movie, but when they want to start running around the theatre at about 60 minutes in, I know it’s not as good Finding Nemo or the SpongeBob movie.
Director: Matt O’Callaghan
Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, David M. Kirschner
Starring: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Dick Van Dyke
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