I don't want to stop you from letting your kids watch it. But, just as a warning, the movie is filled with a lot of damaging propaganda about zoos and being friends with wild animals. The plot literally gets kicked off by a crocodile getting taken away, which I don't think is how zoos deal with animal attacks, plus, the blame should've been put on the kid, not the crocodile. The villain is completely unlikeable, possibly the stupidest and most unlikeable villain I've seen in God knows how long. His whole motive is to protect the world from wild animals and he takes his son who hardly does anything but be a sidekick along. I don't mind a story about animal cruelty and how zoos exploit animals, but this is not it. No zookeeper captures animals as protection against the world. Unless this particular world is filled with people being stupid enough to encroach upon wild animal territory. In that case, why not stop people from bothering wild animals?
There are a lot of charming and hilarious moments in the film, but it unfortunately has some pretty screwed up messaging and a mean-spirited tone that bogs the experience down a lot.
As just a fun kids film, it's charming and silly enough for the under-10 crowd. Anyone older might find it less entertaining. There's practically no tension in the film since everything gets solved with a code. I would say I liked all the animals with the exception of Pretty Boy as characters as they are all unique and fun in their own way.
Because the film is supposedly a heartfelt film about caring for animals yet the story itself is safe, it's hard to know whether I'm supposed to take this seriously or not.
There are a lot of charming and hilarious moments in the film, but it unfortunately has some pretty screwed up messaging and a mean-spirited tone that bogs the experience down a lot.
As just a fun kids film, it's charming and silly enough for the under-10 crowd. Anyone older might find it less entertaining. There's practically no tension in the film since everything gets solved with a code. I would say I liked all the animals with the exception of Pretty Boy as characters as they are all unique and fun in their own way.
Because the film is supposedly a heartfelt film about caring for animals yet the story itself is safe, it's hard to know whether I'm supposed to take this seriously or not.