Animals United (Konferenz der Tiere) (2010)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
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When the African savannah runs dry and water becomes a precious commodity, a courageous meerkat and a laid back lion prepare to go the distance in order to avoid dying of thirst. In seasons past, a single mountain canyon provided enough water for all the creatures in the savannah. But this year, not a drop has fallen. Buffalos and rhinos stand guard over the only watering hole for miles, and if the creatures don't act fast, they will surely perish. Desperate, Billy the meerkat and Socrates the
Apr 10, 2012
Metropolitan Filmexport
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Kids might enjoy eco-friendly, Madagascar-like tale.
A slightly preachy but entertaining tale for younger viewers on the perils of global warming and the foolishness of human kind.
Badagascar.
What dooms the film to ordinariness are the animals themselves, so lacking in memorable characteristics that parents will most likely spend the 90 minutes guessing which celebrity voice artists have been busy earning themselves a nice Christmas bonus.
Probably great if you're three, but quite an endurance test if you're not.
It looks very nice, even if the clunky dialogue and disjointed plot would never have been allowed through by Pixar.
If you kitted Al Gore out in a furry animal costume and put him on a soapbox you'd have a rough idea of the environmental message trumpeted in this harmless kids' fare.
Dismal, frequently dull, badly written European animation that squanders its talented cast (and James Corden), fails to include any decent jokes and mangles its central eco-friendly message.
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Foreign Titles
- Konferenz der Tiere (DE)
- Animals United (Konferenz der Tiere) (UK)
Story about a meerkat called Billy (James Cordon) and a lion called Socrates (Stephen Fry) in the African Okavango Delta who go on a quest to discover why their river has unexpectedly dried up seems interesting for younger children, but the director and the screenplay writers expect that those children will know about UN HQ in New York where all animals arrive by the help of humpback whales... farfetched, don't you think? For that amazingly bad story you can blame Oliver Huzly and Reinhard Kloos and the typically bad chicken dance (favourite German party music) soundtrack was composed by David Newman.
I know that most young children will enjoy the motley crew of animals searching for a new home after their habitats have been destroyed by fire, oil spills and or other man-made disasters... but even kids would not accept impossible way of all of them meeting together - in a middle of an ocean in a bath tub!
Just save yourself few bucks and an hour and half of wasted time!