Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 4
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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 4
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Join the star of Kung Fu Panda as he sets out on a whole new adventure in this sequel to the animated box-office hit featuring the voices of Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman. In the wake of defeating the ferocious Tai Lung, the Dragon Warrior must draw on the skills of Viper, Tigress, Monkey, Crane, and Mantis in order to face Shifu's greatest challenge to date. Along the way, Dragon Warrior uncovers the ancient Secrets of the Furious Five while discovering that it takes much more than strength and
Nov 9, 2008 Wide
Mar 24, 2009
Monterrey Media
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Jack Black
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Dustin Hoffman
Shifu
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (4) | DVD (3)
Director Nesher has a way of reducing each confrontation to its two-dimensional essence, and he's not helped by a swampy, sentimental musical score.
Top CriticRestrained direction and the cast's strong, disciplined performances keep it from falling into soap-opera territory.
The Secrets twines coming-out, coming-of-age and coming-to-terms-with-Orthodoxy in a way that diminishes all three -- and dilutes its message with clichés.
There is pain and empowerment in The Secrets as difficult choices are made. There are also gaps, but emotionally moving performances by Ardant, Bukstein and Shtamler in particular, keep you with this small but provocative film until the end.
In some ways, it is a traditional narrative. But it is more. It is gently and powerfully acted.
The Secrets belongs in a mini-tradition of involving films that limn the border where spiritual and sexual awakenings collide and entwine.
Even with rote characterizations and an overheated lesbian subplot, this religion-steeped Israeli tale is entertaining, eye-opening, even cautiously sexy.
For a film with an aim as ambitious and illusive as the depiction of the spiritual, The Secrets has a surprisingly light touch.
The Kabbalah meets the Kinsey Reports, in this Madonna style mystical erotic brew. And a somewhat biased male take on thwarted female desires, along with simmering same sex homoerotic religious expressive tendencies.
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Not much to say, but great animation, a bit of humor, but its really aimed for the kiddies, but enjoyable an 25 mins.