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5.4/10
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A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.
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Kaya Yanar
- Papagei Dienstag
- (voice)
Ilka Bessin
- Tapir Rosie
- (voice)
- (as Cindy aus Marzahn)
Ghadah Al-Akel
- Ping
- (voice)
Tommy Morgenstern
- Pong
- (voice)
Melanie Hinze
- Kiki
- (voice)
Bert Franzke
- Edgar
- (voice)
Tobias Lelle
- Pango
- (voice)
Gerald Schaale
- Carmello
- (voice)
Jesco Wirthgen
- Rufus
- (voice)
Jan Makino
- Cecil
- (voice)
Axel Lutter
- John Silver
- (voice)
Jan-David Rönfeldt
- Bootsmann
- (voice)
Claudio Maniscalco
- 1. Pirat
- (voice)
Tilo Schmitz
- 2. Pirat
- (voice)
Francois Smesny
- 3. Pirat
- (voice)
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I almost missed this movie - that my daughter at 8 and her coisin at 10 wanted to see - after reading the harsh comments here on IMDb. 5/10? come on!... But I decided to give it a go. And what a pleasant surprise it was. The animations are superb, I missed nothing here compared to Pixar and Dreamworks. And the story and screenplay was above average too. I could name dozens of high profiled animation movies with worse stories. I was entertained all the way, and had to stop myself from breaking out in applause at the end. There's something this studio does in its own way, which is not typical the big studios, and thats refreshing. Looking forward to their next piece. Im giving it a solid 8 out 10, and will definitely recommend this film to everyone. A very fine piece of art. Thank you.
Is it fair to judge a kids movie on its appeal to adults? On the other hand, with all the good animated movies that came out recently which also appeal to adults/parents and have quality that can be reviewed by "older" people to a better degree, I'd say all is fair. So consider this when seeing the rating and make up your mind, if it's important or what's important in its appeal.
Having said that, there is also the very real thing of having "star" names of German comedy or cinema taking on major roles here. People have made the argument, that there are professional animation dubbers, who know their job. Depending on your liking or disliking for that matter, someone like Schweighöfer will get a reaction from you. Again, as a kid you won't care, but probably also not read this. So it's the parents who if the kids want something new and you want something that they can watch by themselves, there are worse choices than this
Having said that, there is also the very real thing of having "star" names of German comedy or cinema taking on major roles here. People have made the argument, that there are professional animation dubbers, who know their job. Depending on your liking or disliking for that matter, someone like Schweighöfer will get a reaction from you. Again, as a kid you won't care, but probably also not read this. So it's the parents who if the kids want something new and you want something that they can watch by themselves, there are worse choices than this
I went into this movie not expecting much, the reviews I had read where not very promising but I thought well it is still worth a try. It is not as bad as reports say. The story was fine, I like when movies take another point of view of a well known story, makes you look at things in different ways. The characters were entertaining and the graphics were good so I don't see much of a problem with it.
I will say the two of my kids that I watched it with (ages 10 and 3) did walk away from the movie to do other things but I don't think that was due to the movie but interest in doing other things at the time but take it as you will.
I will say the two of my kids that I watched it with (ages 10 and 3) did walk away from the movie to do other things but I don't think that was due to the movie but interest in doing other things at the time but take it as you will.
It was very cute but that was not enough to make it all that good.
The animation was pretty good, and I love the fact that the animation seem to be the focus of the film. So much in fact that no big name stars voiced any of the characters in the movie (Being a very small section of the end credits).
Although this did effect the story greatly. The movie is a retelling of Robinson Crusoe, from the point of view of the animals that help him survive on the uncharted desert isle for so long with most of the focus being on a parrot named mac, but Crusoe calls him Tuesday.
The story is not as good as the animation that is telling it, which is going to cost it from being a classic, but it still a OK animated film to see.
The animation was pretty good, and I love the fact that the animation seem to be the focus of the film. So much in fact that no big name stars voiced any of the characters in the movie (Being a very small section of the end credits).
Although this did effect the story greatly. The movie is a retelling of Robinson Crusoe, from the point of view of the animals that help him survive on the uncharted desert isle for so long with most of the focus being on a parrot named mac, but Crusoe calls him Tuesday.
The story is not as good as the animation that is telling it, which is going to cost it from being a classic, but it still a OK animated film to see.
This movie is one of the best 3D movies ever made, there're simply tons of pop out effects. Actually this is 3D done right - you're constantly experiencing both pop out and depth effects. So the story is what it is, neither bad nor fantastic - but if you're seeing this movie in 2D, then I'd probably not bother, this is a 3D movie, the movie is completely designed to the 3d format, and this movie needs 3D to come to life. After so many years with mediocre 3D movies it's great to see a movie truly using 3D - and then they cancel all 3D TVs, argh... :-)
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was originally released as a short film screening at Kings Dominion Parks
- GoofsNear the beginning of the film the watchman (who kicks the cat) spots an island off the starboard (right) side of the ship, when the Captain is awoken he is sleeping in his room at the back of the ship, he picks up his telescope and looks out of the open window on the port (left) side of the ship and sees the same island.
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,005,586
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,342,696
- Sep 11, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $40,075,446
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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