The Angry Birds Movie
Angry Birds Movie 2 has no delusions about it own slightness and makes up the difference with gleefully silly, yet unexpectedly clever cartoon mayhem.
The Angry Birds Movie 2is , honestly , more entertaining than it has any right or need to be . What could ’ve easily been a slapdash attempt to preserve cashing in on Rovio’sAngry Birdsgaming IP - turn animated franchise is , instead , a zippy toon sequel bolstered by day-and-night madcap witticism ( much of which is surprisingly imaginative ) . Credit that to director Thurop Van Orman , who land an eccentric and irreverent touch to his feature entry that recalls his efforts on the Emmy - nominated Cartoon web seriesThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack . Angry Birds Movie 2has no delusions about it own slimness and makes up the conflict with joyously featherbrained , yet unexpectedly cagey sketch havoc .
By the timeAngry Birds Movie 2picks up , Red ( Jason Sudeikis ) has become the hoagie of Bird Island and now spends his days battling Pig Island with the care of his buddies Chuck ( Josh Gad ) and Bomb ( Danny McBride ) . When the birds and pigs are attacked by giant ice chunk fired by Zeta ( Leslie Jones ) from Eagle Island , Red and King Leonard Mudbeard ( Bill Hader ) harmonize to a cease-fire and join forces to stop her , with assist from Chuck ’s sister Silver ( Rachel Bloom ) , a brilliant engineering science educatee . Together , they hatch a program to infiltrate Zeta ’s den before she destroys their family with her powerful methamphetamine machine . But so as to do that , Red will have to specify aside his insecurity and get a line to work alongside his team , instead of trying to encounter the hero on his own .
Part of what makesThe Angry Birds Movie 2surprisingly enjoyable is that it really takes reward of the fact it ’s animated , when it comes to craft ocular gags or set pieces . Whether it ’s Red and Leonard playing tug - and - war with onscreen nontextual matter or put together their " heist " squad in a self - aware riff on titles likeSuicide Squad , the film is full of comedy that ’s only possible because of the agency liveliness allow storytellers to muss with the limits of realism . The birds ' loose - weightiness feathers asides , there ’s no attempt to grind this universe with naturalistic texture either ( something most computer - animated film get to do nowadays).Angry Birds Movie 2takes place in a playful , confect - colored cartoon world , and does n’t pretend otherwise .
tale momentum is also key to the sequel ’s achiever . The book by Peter Ackerman ( Ice Age ) and writing duo Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart ( Cars 3 ) hits the basis sprinting ( eccentric in point : the main conflict with Zeta is inclose beforeThe Angry Birds Movie 2title card even appears ) and never lets up . This allows the pic to maximise the amount of runtime it dedicate to sky jest after joke at the wall , while also serving up simple but meaningful fry - friendly lessons about the grandness of being a team player and learning to give people credit where it ’s merit . There ’s always another ingenious bit of visual humor or slapstick around the box too , to assist indemnify for the simplicity of the plotting .
With a articulation cast this loaded with marvellous comedy actors , it ’s little wonder the vocal study inThe Angry Birds Movie 2is as lively and energetic . In increase to the main crew and return players like Peter Dinklage ( as Mighty Eagle ) , the motion picture ’s supporting ensemble - which includes Awkwafina , Sterling K. Brown , Zach Woods , Eugenio Derbez , Pete Davidson , and Niki Minaj - add some needed personality to the many eccentric here . Bloom , in particular , is a standout as new addition Silver . Whereas other recent family movies have given their female lead an interestingness in STEM in place of an literal personality , Silver is an aggressively debonair Type A foil to Red and plays to theCrazy Ex - Girlfriendco - creator / star ’s strength as a performing artist .
Its plot of land is pretty thin even by kids movie standard , and there are more pop civilisation references and needle fall of innovative pop song and classic tunes than you’re able to shake a stick at , butThe Angry Birds Movie 2is still somewhat shockingly playfulness . Overall , it seems as though Orman and his team were well - aware of the low expectation from the get - go and , rather than phoning things in , decided to employ the sequel as an alibi to exercise some literal creativeness and ingenuity rather . Those who skipped the first moving picture can feel well-to-do about ignoring the followup too ( it ’s notthatgood ) , but anyone with a passing interest in anotherAngry Birdsadventure may find its absurdness offers a welcome break from their casual lives .
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The Angry Birds Movie 2is now playing in U.S. theaters . It is 96 minutes retentive and is place PG for crude humor and action at law .
Zeta (Leslie Jones) in The Angry Birds Movie 2
