Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet

Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet is a adventure/fantasy film directed by Ryan Bellgardt. The film follows Scott (portrayed by Kyler Charles Beck) and Emily (portrayed by Madelyn Kientz) who are at Scott's grandmothers home when they meet Rufus (voiced by Ryan Bellgardt). Rufus informs them that he is an apprentice to a wizard, Abbott (portrayed by Cory Phillips), and needs their help to collect objects to make a spell that will save his world. The films antagonist is a witch - Lilith (portrayed by Leah N. H. Philpott).

As far as the plot goes, I did not hate Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet. I thought it was an enjoyable enough kids film with some decent humor.

The acting in the film is pretty poor as no one really gave a standout performance. It wasn't the worst acting I have seen, but definitely on the mediocre side. Yet, why the film is rated so low to me is that the CGI was really poor. Some scenes were just so cheesy that it really took me out of the film.

Overall, I doubt anyone above their targeted age demographic would enjoy the film. - 3/10.

I think when we hv wfh , this is the answer we around the whole family make a unity to watch this movie..n we enjoy it ..

I know lots of cast and crew and execs fed their families off this production so I'll be kind. A job is a job this is just a poor result. Nobody specifically seems to be responsinke it just feels so off and Rufus is like a fake children's show character you might see inside another movie or tv show. It's all very absurd but the script pacing is at least bang on.

Too many movies with much larger releases do not handle pacing at all. It's like lamination work. Removing one air bubble may produce 3 more.

To save Rufus' magical world, Scott and Emily must face many exciting challenges... At his grandmother's house, Scott and his friend Emily meet Rufus, a swashbuckling, furry creature who begs them to help

Now why does that seem so familiar? Because it's been done 1000 times before and much better.

If Narnia and Harry Potter has a baby on a slightly smaller budget! That is what this movie is, a good distraction for the kids.

Sometimes you see something that looks so absolutely bad that you just have to check it out. Going in with the bar set to it's lowest parameters I found myself vaguely interested and not miserable. An oddly charming and cute cast with a very adequate soundtrack but everything else is pretty mediocre lol It's feels like a stageplay with stilted lines, overacted posing and behaviors, and it's all shot directly forward, no cinematic angles or interesting shots. The main kids of the central story, Scott and Emily are very cute and well played and made the movie worth the bad points. Without them I wouldn't have endured the 80 minutes but they really outshined the rest of the cast. There's a bunch of cutaways as the movie is told via a grandpa reading a book to some other kids and honestly all of that could have just been thrown out. It's boring and feels like it's just ripping off other movies. The animation isn't great but it's cute and absolutely acceptable for a kid's adventure movie. It fits the bill for an afternoon background flick to help fill the void of quarentine blur.