Roald Dahl Lois Lowry Kris Pearn Edward Gorey Netflix film voice Love Roald Dahl Lois Lowry Kris Pearn Edward Gorey Netflix

'The Willoughbys': Film Review

Reading now: 599
hollywoodreporter.com

Imagine a Roald Dahl-type story of clever children circumventing monstrous adults, wrapped in a gothic tone of morbid absurdism not unlike Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Now add a visual sensibility that lands somewhere between Edward Gorey and Wes Anderson, air-drop the result into the "Sugar Rush" videogame from Wreck-It Ralph and press play.

There's a lot going on in The Willoughbys, yet if you can get on board with its manic energy and accelerated plotting, the Netflix animated family comedy-adventure has an oddball charm that works surprisingly well.

Directed by Kris Pearn (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2) from a script he co-wrote with Mark Stanleigh, this adaptation of the 2008 children's book by Lois Lowry goes.

Read more on hollywoodreporter.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA