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Scott and Emily are at his grandmother's home when they suddenly discover a mysterious creature. They have a mission: with the help of an ancient spell book, they'll gather some ingredients ... Read allScott and Emily are at his grandmother's home when they suddenly discover a mysterious creature. They have a mission: with the help of an ancient spell book, they'll gather some ingredients to make a magic dust to save their world.Scott and Emily are at his grandmother's home when they suddenly discover a mysterious creature. They have a mission: with the help of an ancient spell book, they'll gather some ingredients to make a magic dust to save their world.
Ryan Bellgardt
- Rufus
- (voice)
Chris Hoyt
- Video Game Voice
- (voice)
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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
I started watching this movie with great anticipation for an adventure, magic, and overall fun. The story itself is a good one. Unfortunately, the acting and the special effects are dismal at best. I had to force myself to watch this movie to the end because I wanted to turn it off about 2/3 of the way through. I enjoy all types of kids movies whether it be regular or animated or a combination. I could not, in my best conscious, give this a good rating. The only reason I gave it a 6 is because the story is good but everything else is lacking. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but this movie is not worth watching. 😚
Easily one of the worst movies I've ever sat through, acting was incredibly cringey and story was a mess, don't waste your time
Did you know
- TriviaSome of the mansion scenes were filmed at The Marland Mansion in Ponca City Oklahoma. The Marland Mansion was the second home of Oklahoma Oil Tycoon Ernest Wentworth (E.W.) Marland.
- GoofsWhy did they frame this film as a story in a book being read to two kids by their grandfather? Unlike "The Princess Bride" the story read by Grandad here is purportedly taking place in the real world, so presenting it as "just a story" makes it less believable. Maybe they planned to delve into this issue in the sequel, but revealing such a mysterious reason at the very end of this film would have been a better cliffhanger than simply showing us another story book with the sequel's title.
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- $246,359
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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