Mr. Peabody and Sherman / Rated PG for computer generated animal flatulence. Kids think this is very funny.
Based on the Rocky and Bullwinkle series Mr. Peabody and Sherman make it to the big screen via computer generated images. They are off on an exciting adventure. It involves jokes, time travel, jokes, pathos, jokes, action sequences, jokes, historical characters, jokes and throws in some pretty good jokes. The two characters are Mr. Peabody who is a very intelligent dog who went to Harvard and got a Dogtertarian Degree and his adopted son Sherman. They live in a lavish penthouse apartment as Mr. Peabody is a genius inventor with multi millions of dollars mostly invested in the Milk Bone Company. The State he lives in is full of outraged politicians who are unable to tax dogs except for their licenses.
Sherman is at odds and bullied at school by a cute blonde named Penny. To resolve their issues MP invites Penny and her family over for dinner. Did I mention MP owns a time machine? This is important. The time machine leads Penny, Sherman and MP off on a bunch of adventures to places like Ancient Egypt, Italy during the Renaissance and other important periods of time and interesting places. Lots of historical people join in the fun and the messes they keep getting into and out of. All of this occurs at a lightning pace and with lots of pretty color. It doesn’t hurt that Danny Elfman provides a perfect film score although they don’t actually run into him during their travels.
Eventually a time schism occurs. This is very bad. I had one once and none of my clocks worked for a week. I missed an appointment to get my hat blocked. When the schism takes place it looks pretty much like the end is near. Large objects from the past start falling from the sky and cows stop giving milk. Not good. Not good at all. This leads to a big showdown with all of the characters from the past and a few from recent times, including Bill Clinton who has the best line in the movie. MP gets an idea on how to fix the schism and with the help of Sherman and a bowl of Gravy Train everything turns out for the best. Lots of fun for humans and dogs of all ages. Note. This film is fiction. None of these events occurred in real life as far as I know.
Rated 2.9 out of 4.0 Celebrity Voice Over’s. There are a lot of them. Try to guess as you go along.
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