Sonic the Hedgehog is a super cute and fun movie! I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The movie had to go through a major character re-design after the first terrible trailer, it's usually not a good sign. But, this movie listened to the audience, changed the way Sonic looks. In return we got a fun, great looking, upbeat movie.
Sonic the Hedgehog was directed by Jeff Fowler. This is his theatrical directorial debut and he only directed short movies prior to this movie. But you couldn't tell that from this movie, it is fantastic. The movie is based on the beloved computer game character Sonic. It is a children's movie, but adults are going to enjoy this one as well. It is just great fun all around.
Sonic, who is voiced by Ben Schwartz, is a cute and fast alien from another planet that escapes from his home world to Earth. He stays pretty much to himself and just watches others until one unfortunate day he draws the attention of the government. In a not so brilliant move the government decides to send Dr. Robotnik to figure out what is going on. I don't think I've seen Jim Carrey connected with audiences in a role so wonderfully in a really too long time. But now the adorable and hyper active Sonic must join forces with Officer Tom, who is played by brilliantly by James Marsden, to evade Dr. Robotnik and get Sonic out of Earth. The plot is simple, but the movie is great.
Obviously, the heart of the movie is Sonic. He is just adorable. He is like a little hyper active kid. Ben Schwartz does a brilliant job voicing him, even though usually I don't like Schwartz. Sonic is just a lonely hedgehog on Earth, you can sense him loneliness. And you can also sense his enthusiasm when he finally gets to have friends and meet people. Even though he is a CGI character, there is a lot of heart to him.
James Marsden has the hardest job in this movie. He needs to play a friend to a CGI character, which means that throughout most of filming he was working alone. Doing all of these fun, comical or emotional scenes on his own with no one to act against. He is a police officer who has to break the law in order to help him new alien friend. Obviously, he is not going to betray his friend. Even though he has his own adorable family and career to think of. He just brings so much heart to his character and movie, in a very fatherly way.
Now Jim Carrey is brilliant in this movie. Everything he does just works. He looks ridicules on purpose. He is socially incompetent on purpose. He is super smart in an evil fun way. And most importantly, he is over the top acting in the way that only Jim Carrey can act. He is cartoonish, funny, charismatic and over the top in a brilliant way that reminds you of how much you used to love his comedic performances. You will love him in this movie for sure.
Sure, there are a few fart jokes that are meant for the younger ages, but this family film will warm the hearts of all viewers of all ages. It is fun, fast paced, entertaining, heartfelt and just a really cute movie to watch. It's not a masterpiece, but if you are looking for a feel good movie for the family, or just for you, you should totally check it out.
This movie came out in the middle of February when the pandemic was starting to make waves, so you might have missed it and you should fix that mistake. I did. Luckily, despite the fact that the movie was hurt from the pandemic, we are getting a sequel even though it did just ok business at the box office. Which I am really happy about. This movie is just so cute and fun. You should totally watch it.
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