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A veteran postman finds his beliefs challenged after he enters a TV talent show competition.A veteran postman finds his beliefs challenged after he enters a TV talent show competition.A veteran postman finds his beliefs challenged after he enters a TV talent show competition.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Stephen Mangan
- Pat Clifton
- (voice)
Jim Broadbent
- CEO
- (voice)
Rupert Grint
- Josh
- (voice)
David Tennant
- Wilf
- (voice)
Ronan Keating
- Postman Pat
- (singing voice)
Susan Duerden
- Sara Clifton
- (voice)
Sandra Teles
- Julian Clifton
- (voice)
T.J. Ramini
- Ben Taylor
- (voice)
Brian George
- Ajay Bains
- (voice)
Parminder Nagra
- Nisha Bains
- (voice)
Jo Wyatt
- Meera Bains
- (voice)
Enn Reitel
- PC Arthur Selby
- (voice)
- …
Jane Carr
- Mrs. Goggins
- (voice)
- …
Dan Hildebrand
- Ted Glenn
- (voice)
Darren Richardson
- Alf Thompson
- (voice)
- …
Jacob Witkin
- George Lancaster
- (voice)
- …
Featured reviews
This was a very good film with Humor for children and adults, however whilst my Son enjoyed the film there were some tears as some of the scenes were I feel quite frightening for the Target audience and would say a Parental Guidance Certificate would be more appropriate than a U. Given that my son has never been particularly sensitive I was somewhat surprised
That said it had a half decent story line and I have come away with a new found love for Jess the cat!
David Tennant's character was particularly amusing to me and It was good to see that the parents and guardians have been greatly considered.
That said it had a half decent story line and I have come away with a new found love for Jess the cat!
David Tennant's character was particularly amusing to me and It was good to see that the parents and guardians have been greatly considered.
Just been to see this with my 2 year old. Didn't have any real expectations, I was just hoping my little girl would enjoy the film. However I was very much surprised. Firstly the negative stuff: The animation wasn't very good. The CGI looked a little cheap. Also It would have been good if they could have used the same voices for the main characters. Saying that these things things spoil the film. The makers of the film have really thought of the adults who will be seeing this film with their little ones. Simon Cowbell is a good example. A miserable headhunter, hosting a talent show. He even wore clothes very much similar to a certain person with a similar name. The plot wasn't anything new, but as it's for very little children that can be forgiven. My two year old was laughing and clapping to the film.
However their are a few scenes that might scare some children.
Above all a great young children's film that parents will enjoy watching too.
However their are a few scenes that might scare some children.
Above all a great young children's film that parents will enjoy watching too.
We've been enjoying Postman Pat for years, but this new movie wasn't what we expected at all. The Robots in the movie were actually quite scary for the youngest children. Several kids were crying during the movie. The storyline is more suitable for children for ages up from 7 or something like that. A pity...
The older, short, stories never even had bad guys in it. Just normal things happening to people in normal life. And that might be quite interesting enough for young kids...
So, a great person he remains, our beloved hero Postman Pat. But the story he's in didn't touch our hearts.
The older, short, stories never even had bad guys in it. Just normal things happening to people in normal life. And that might be quite interesting enough for young kids...
So, a great person he remains, our beloved hero Postman Pat. But the story he's in didn't touch our hearts.
I took my three year old granddaughter to see this film but it had nothing like the appeal to her of her earlier visit to "Frozen".
As a familiar character from television and books, Postman Pat (voiced by TV actor Stephen Mangan but with Ronan Keating as the singing voice) has an immediate attraction for young children and the cartoon has plenty of colour, action and songs, although it looks more like a television production than a big screen affair.
However, the storyline's weak double satire - of management efficiency measures in a postal operation called Special Delivery Service and of an overpowering game show host named Simon Cowbell - are better understood by parents than children, so neither age group was terribly enthused.
As a familiar character from television and books, Postman Pat (voiced by TV actor Stephen Mangan but with Ronan Keating as the singing voice) has an immediate attraction for young children and the cartoon has plenty of colour, action and songs, although it looks more like a television production than a big screen affair.
However, the storyline's weak double satire - of management efficiency measures in a postal operation called Special Delivery Service and of an overpowering game show host named Simon Cowbell - are better understood by parents than children, so neither age group was terribly enthused.
As a parent who can enjoy children's animations, this was a disappointment to say the least. I think the writers completely missed an opportunity to make a kids film that could've been endearing, funny, and true to the original TV series. The characters voices were not right, and I think this was mainly because bringing in big name actors to voice was more important than delivering a product- sorry film - to its fans.
The story started quite promising, (a huge smile on my children's face during the opening credits) but very quickly diverted in a direction that just didn't tie in with the whole film. The introduction of a mainstream 'talent' show was unnecessary and didn't work,(in my opinion) and was just far removed from what a child watching would expect - not all children watch British talent shows - and if this was introduced only to make fun of Simon Cowell, then thats just poor writing. All the characters had tiny quirky moments, but it was sporadic throughout, and lost in amongst the poor storyline. Characters such as Ted Glen didn't get much air time, when he could've added a funny slapstick element to it all.
Very disappointed by the this, a completely lost opportunity....
The story started quite promising, (a huge smile on my children's face during the opening credits) but very quickly diverted in a direction that just didn't tie in with the whole film. The introduction of a mainstream 'talent' show was unnecessary and didn't work,(in my opinion) and was just far removed from what a child watching would expect - not all children watch British talent shows - and if this was introduced only to make fun of Simon Cowell, then thats just poor writing. All the characters had tiny quirky moments, but it was sporadic throughout, and lost in amongst the poor storyline. Characters such as Ted Glen didn't get much air time, when he could've added a funny slapstick element to it all.
Very disappointed by the this, a completely lost opportunity....
Did you know
- TriviaAs robot pat malfunctions he sings "Daisy Daisy" this is a tribute to HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, as he was unplugged, HAL 9000 sang "Daisy Bell" .
The original reason is that in 1961, the IBM 7094, one of the the earliest and largest mainframe machines developed by IBM, became the first computer to sing, and the tune it warbled was "Daisy Bell."
- Quotes
Not Robot B3: Delivery! Delivery, old woman! Delivery!
- SoundtracksPlease Mr Postman
Written by Robert Bateman (uncredited), Brian Holland (uncredited), Georgia Dobbins (uncredited), William Garrett (uncredited) and Freddie Gorman (uncredited)
Performed by The Saturdays
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,519
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,254
- Jun 29, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $7,102,455
- Runtime
- 1h 28m(88 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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