Ferdinand

Movie Ranked #630 | Unknown - Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.Destined to become a fearless fighting bull, the young pacifist and flower-loving calf, Ferdinand, summons up the courage to escape from a Spanish bull-training camp, to finally find himself on little Nina's idyllic and fragrant farm. However, an unfortunate run-in with a busy golden bee will send the immense but peaceful animal back to the old Casa del Toro academy, where the famous matador, E ... More from IMDb
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Best two reviews:
1) Variety - In what’s been an underwhelming year for big-studio animation, it’s the best of the bunch: sincere, likable, surprisingly funny, and overall true to its source material. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) TheWrap - If you can get through the excess of characters, and the requisite butt jokes, car chase and tween pop songs, the film does keep both the physical and the verbal comedy coming at a steady pace. (Rating: 75) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
2) Screen International - When writers find it necessary to beef up a screenplay with that tiredest of factory-farmed animated trope, the comedy dance off, one wonders whether a more organic approach to script husbandry might have been preferable. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
3) The Hollywood Reporter - Manages to squeak by with enough charming set-pieces and amusing sight gags to compensate for a stalling storyline. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
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