Flicks, Dominic Corry
What feels like a pretty thin premise ends up being the setting for some very welcome character comedy in this animated lark with more laughs than you might expect.
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Storks
Animated family comedy from the director of Bad Neighbours and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Storks, traditionally the deliverers of babies, fall on hard times and now deliver for an internet retailer. When a stork named Junior accidentally produces an unauthorized baby, he must fix the situation before anyone finds out.
2016Rating: G, Some scenes may scare very young children87 minsUSAWarner Bros. Animation
AnimatedComedyKids & Family
- Director:
- Nicholas Stoller ('Bad Neighbours', 'Get Him to the Greek', 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall')Doug Sweetland (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Nicholas Stoller
- Cast:
- Andy SambergKelsey GrammerKeegan-Michael KeyJennifer AnistonTy BurrellKatie CrownJordan PeeleAnton StarkmanDanny TrejoStephen Kramer Glickman
Storks / Reviews
Variety
The jokes fall flat, but the pace is relentless, and those two things seem somehow intertwined...
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Time Out
There’s scarce humor here for adults to relish. And Samberg’s characteristic snark has been sanded down to a nub.
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Stuff
It's not all bad though. The animation is top notch, while Storks' best moments come in the screwball comedy between Junior and Tulip...
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New Zealand Herald
It's over-the-top crazy, and filled with the kind of ideas kids would come up with and affable characters who wear their heart and weirdness on their sleeves.
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Hollywood Reporter
Co-directors Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland deliver big time with Storks, a fittingly buoyant, delightfully madcap animated romp.
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