IMDb RATING
5.7/10
14K
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A shy 16-year-old girl learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ev... Read allA shy 16-year-old girl learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.A shy 16-year-old girl learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Jane Fonda
- Grandmamah
- (voice)
Lana Condor
- Ruby Gillman
- (voice)
Toni Collette
- Agatha Gillman
- (voice)
Colman Domingo
- Arthur Gillman
- (voice)
Blue Chapman
- Sam Gillman
- (voice)
Will Forte
- Gordon Lighthouse
- (voice)
Liza Koshy
- Margot
- (voice)
Ramona Young
- Bliss
- (voice)
Eduardo Franco
- Trevin
- (voice)
Jaboukie Young-White
- Connor
- (voice)
Sam Richardson
- Uncle Brill
- (voice)
Nicole Byer
- Janice
- (voice)
Echo Kellum
- Doug
- (voice)
Brianna Paige Arsement
- Home Buyer
- (voice)
- (as Brianna Arsement)
Juju Green
- Gym Teacher
- (voice)
- …
Preston Blaine Arsement
- Tourist
- (voice)
- (as Preston Arsement)
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I'm 30 and this made me feel like an innocent 8 year old nice for someone that has autism and tries really hard to be a good person/wholesome often. This was a wonderful family film that had me captivated throughout and would recommend to anyone! Very well made I'm sure this and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse will be nominated next awards season. Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken was a wonderful choice for Monday mystery movie that I hope when it does release fully a lot of appreciate it with their families or by themself. The flow, colors, story, voices and mature lessons were all great I should try to do more of the surprise movies.
I think this movie is not considerably unfavorable. I think the animation looks great but everyone says the animation looks horrible and I don't blame them for having their opinion about it. But it's just another fish movie. That DreamWorks created which is Shark tale and Sinbad which those movies were horrible. I think they could have done a little bit better with the movie but I'm not really disappointed nor that I feel good about this film. It's similar to The Little mermaid remake but the mermaids are evil. I kind of wish that the movie did good but no it just seems to be alright but not good.
The impression of watching this movie is that DreamWorks tried to make their own version of Turning Red, which ended up being something boring and generic.
The plot is generic and highly predictable. The first trailer basically sums up the entire movie and if you've watched it before, you'll know how each event will play out.
The jokes are bland and not funny. I tried to force myself to laugh at at least one of them and I couldn't. Basically I kept looking at the clock counting how much time was left for the movie to end because of how uninteresting it is. I may not be the target audience, but the kids I know would struggle to stay awake watching it.
Basically I'm only giving it a 5 for the animation itself, which is good, but I wanted DreamWorks to keep the stylized 2D like in 'The Bad Guys' and 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'.
The plot is generic and highly predictable. The first trailer basically sums up the entire movie and if you've watched it before, you'll know how each event will play out.
The jokes are bland and not funny. I tried to force myself to laugh at at least one of them and I couldn't. Basically I kept looking at the clock counting how much time was left for the movie to end because of how uninteresting it is. I may not be the target audience, but the kids I know would struggle to stay awake watching it.
Basically I'm only giving it a 5 for the animation itself, which is good, but I wanted DreamWorks to keep the stylized 2D like in 'The Bad Guys' and 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'.
The titular character is honestly a very lovable character, and her anxieties surrounding managing the two sides of her life; the struggles of her teenage life and her new challenges of being a giant kraken. The film suffers from a multitude of small problems that build up to kind of lessen the experience. Weird exposition along with elements of the plot not being explained until the plot requires it. The film could have done better to blend the two elements, and with some ironing out of the details, it could have been much better. The movie is visually stunning, with very energetic 3D animation. As it is, the movie is definitely worth a watch, as it's the best mermaid movie in theaters now. At least watch it for the Mr. Gillman ASMR.
It's almost like DreamWorks threw Turning Red and Luca into a blender and out popped this film. Not saying that's a bad thing, as those are both enjoyable films, but Ruby Gilman is left lacking originality with a pretty generic story and lessons. It's mostly harmless entertainment designed for young girls, which is nice since there aren't a whole lot of movies for that age group specifically focused on their experiences.
There are bright colors and visuals galore, accompanied by some decent laughs. I enjoyed the dad character the most. Plenty of fun pop bops are scattered throughout which add to the enjoyment as well. This won't compete for best animated film of the year, but it's far from the worst either.
There are bright colors and visuals galore, accompanied by some decent laughs. I enjoyed the dad character the most. Plenty of fun pop bops are scattered throughout which add to the enjoyment as well. This won't compete for best animated film of the year, but it's far from the worst either.
Did you know
- TriviaAt 31 years old, Faryn Pearl became the youngest woman ever to direct a feature animated film.
- Quotes
Chelsea Van Der Zee: I'm a FLIPPING MERMAID!
- Crazy creditsThe Dreamworks Animation logo dissolves into a swarm of jellyfish underwater, opening the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Ariel's Crazy Sister (2023)
- SoundtracksGrowing Up
Written by Lucia de la Garza (as Linda De La Garza), Mila de la Garza, Bela Salazar (as Isabel Salazar), Eloise Wong
Performed by The Linda Lindas
Courtesy of Epitaph Records
By arrangement with Sugaroo!
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- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Krakens Y Sirenas: Conoce A Los Gillman
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,753,600
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,500,990
- Jul 2, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $45,657,745
- Runtime
- 1h 31m(91 min)
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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