A wondrously entertaining and winning concoction, this has been brought to the screen by director Kyle Balda, best known for his work at Illumination on the Minions and Despicable Me franchises, as well as screenwriter Craig Mazin, who has seen his eclectic career zig zag from comedy with The Hangover to heavier fare like The Last Of Us and his Emmy-winning work on Chernobyl. Here he becomes the unexpected choice to adapt Leonie Swann’s book, Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story, which came along, first in German, and then globally in 2005. Producer Lindsay Doran has pretty much been chasing it ever since and finally got the film version made. It is a charmer, and fortunately one in which both kids and their parents will find equally much to like. The talking sheep are a no-brainer to keep the little ones amused, and the cleverly written murder mystery is actually a step above what makes the grade in the genre these days. Plus, it could not have a better cast, both on camera with the human thesps, and voiceover for the various sheep .
With glorious small town production design by Suzie Davies, and superb visual effects, animation, and puppetry creating the sheep, this fine family film looks every bit as colorful and idyllic as Babe, its distant cousin. Narrated and starring Jackman, who in pure Hitchcock top-billed star fashion is killed off in the first act ala Janet Leigh in Psycho, but the role doesn’t completely end there, and the entire movie is about him. All the other live action stars have their moments, including perfectly cast Thompson and bumbling Braun.The starry voice cast delivers on all fronts, especially with lines provided by Mazin’s witty and wise script.
by Puzzled-Tap8042
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This looks like a lovely Sunday lazy movie to watch.
I’m unironically excited for this one. Every year I take my mother and grandmother to the movies for Mother’s Day and this is gong to be the movie for us this year
Hugh Jackman is a conservative bootlicker. doing a movie like this is antithetical to his beliefs. dude performed on Broadway for years and turns his back on all his coworkers when he gargle Rupert murdochs balls during his bday.