Stars (Vocally) Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, James McGrath, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, with Steve Buscemi and Tobey Maguire Directed by Tom McGrath * Click for review of Ghost In The Shell [2017] This is a tricky one because there was a missing element between the trailers and the movie that the marketing team probably had a hard time selling. A quick pre-title prologue sets up the overall scenario, however, suggesting that the movie is really not what it may seem based on the trailers. That does not detract from how incredibly fun this movie actually is, and just what it celebrates. For one, the movie has a screwball comedy tone, and that is aided by its main conceit: everything outrageous that happens is all thanks to the imagination of little Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi), as narrated by an adult Tim (Tobey Maguire). When memory and imagination get together, truly anything can happen, and a baby can walk, talk and do business with other babies as part of some major corporation involved in an elaborate case of corporate espionage. Of a sort. I’ll leave it to you to figure if I got close on that plot idea. What the core idea boils down to is Tim dealing with he arrival of a new baby brother, who seems to have taken over the household like a boss, hence a Bass Baby (Alec Baldwin), and Tim’s imagination runs super-wild in trying to figure out who or what this new intruder actually is. The fact that it celebrates the imagination of childhood is what I love about it. Director Tom McGrath, who pulled off the slight if super hilarious Penguins of Madagascar movie, does an amazing job, very occasionally presenting the dichotomy of fantasy and reality, and still allowing the fantasy to go hog-wild while nailing a high percentage of the jokes. The almost pastel colour palate for the “real-life” sequences gives the movie an aged feel, again evoking the era of screwball comedies from the 50s-60s, additional aided by the excellent score by Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro. This is pure family entertainment where the kids can enjoy the animation and hijinks while the adults can take in the jokes with some knowing nods, and every kid with a younger sibling might relate easily. There is nothing too deep to contemplate here, but it is enjoyable nonetheless. Rating: ****/5 Find the best online deals here. | Barnes and Noble | Google Play Store | Book Depository Discover more about the books here.
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