Hansel, Gretel i Agentstvo Magii

Used to only seeing movies like this that really work from dreamworks or pixar. Actually a good, fun movie with a lot of fresh ideas and jokes.

A crazy animation, based on the Hansel and Gretel classic.

It is about a special magic agency that has to rescue the king who has been kidnapped, for which they send the best spy and her brother on her mission.

Entertaining Quality.

Generic when it comes to spy and children's movies.

Although it does not bring something new to the genre, it does entertain.

Good animation.

Exaggerated imagination that works.

The music is chord.

Extremely colorful.

Although at times it feels elongated, for one situation after another in the development part.

With moments of light comedy and flatulence.

Talk about family, support, brotherhood, always helping each other. How the actions we ever do always have an impact.

Ideal for family viewing.

God, I know, it's a bland title isn't it?

We get a lot of these movies marketed to families with young children and at their worst they're horrendous and at best they're usually just passable.

This one is actually a fair bit better than average. Not a classic but there is something distinctly charming in its characters and its handling as it tries to wring more material from that very old concept of the fairytale pastiche.

So he's a rascal illusionist and she's basically the magic police. Obviously I try not to think of her as a cop but she makes it hard. You know Gina from Paradise PD? Imagine a more grandma-friendly version of that. They make a pretty pleasing odd couple as they are conscripted to work together even though they "Can't stand each other!" (as the trailers were kind enough to point out).

I really liked how they really conveyed a sense of history between these siblings and used their respective skill sets (one is street smart, the other is academic smart) in a complementary fashion.

The plot is nothing too original and their journey often feels like a child's video game in how they simply move from place to place to face a new local challenge like progressive levels but at no point did this feel anything close to as excruciating or dumb as so many others like it. This movie was someone's baby and I can respect hat.

I love this cartoon. I was surprised that Russian produced so great story. I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. It remained me The Shreck story. Watched it without children. I'd needed to relax and get some happiness. I've got more than expected.

There's just too much going on animation-wise for me. It's so busy and bright and I wish they went with the 'less is more' concept to drive the film. I loved the idea though and my kids and I enjoyed watching it. We were definitely entertained. There were also a few annoying scenes where even though on the journey they should've hit a dead end, something totally impossible unconnected to the story would magically get them out of trouble. But hey, it was a decent movie to watch on Netflix.