I will be upfront and blunt, I hated this movie. You would have a better time buying a hand puppet and.... um, well you know. Sorry for the crude humor, but that is literally all you get with this movie anyways, so consider that joke a good substitute for the movie.
First, the plot. It's your standard murder mystery in the style of a noire film from the 40's with a huge dosing of comedy. It involves a series of puppet murders and It takes a detective and her former puppet partner to crack the case. The movie however feels incomplete with vital scenes missing and almost no development of secondary characters. By the end I was wondering why the two were being celebrated as heroes. The audience know everything that happened, but the police force sure as hell doesn't, so they would have had them thrown in prison. I have heard people compare it to Roger Rabbit, but while that movie was actually a good murder mystery, this movie is more interested in being funny.... a shame really because it is not funny. Speaking about that... The biggest crime a comedy can commit is to not be funny, and boy does this movie need the book thrown at it. Let me be clear, I am no prude, crude humor can be great. In fact, I was hoping this movie would be like a favorite of mine, Team America, but that movie actually was a clever commentary on US foreign policy and Hollywood hidden behind some really funny, absurdist humor. This movie has none of that. All the jokes are the easiest jokes you can think of. You already know what the punchline will be before it happens. I chuckled at maybe 3 jokes, but everything else fell flatter than Kansas. They also tried to thrown in a racial prejudice allegory, but it goes absolutely nowhere. Lastly, they play Rick Astleys 'Never gonna give you up' and Carly Rae Jepsens 'Call me maybe'... that is the type of humor we are dealing with and yes, they were absolutely trying to be funny. I mean, it's totally funny that the no nonsense FBI agent is listing to a pop song. You are probably thinking, "Is there anything good about the film?" -The puppetry is good. -The two leads are alright
Don't bother with this crap.
First, the plot. It's your standard murder mystery in the style of a noire film from the 40's with a huge dosing of comedy. It involves a series of puppet murders and It takes a detective and her former puppet partner to crack the case. The movie however feels incomplete with vital scenes missing and almost no development of secondary characters. By the end I was wondering why the two were being celebrated as heroes. The audience know everything that happened, but the police force sure as hell doesn't, so they would have had them thrown in prison. I have heard people compare it to Roger Rabbit, but while that movie was actually a good murder mystery, this movie is more interested in being funny.... a shame really because it is not funny. Speaking about that... The biggest crime a comedy can commit is to not be funny, and boy does this movie need the book thrown at it. Let me be clear, I am no prude, crude humor can be great. In fact, I was hoping this movie would be like a favorite of mine, Team America, but that movie actually was a clever commentary on US foreign policy and Hollywood hidden behind some really funny, absurdist humor. This movie has none of that. All the jokes are the easiest jokes you can think of. You already know what the punchline will be before it happens. I chuckled at maybe 3 jokes, but everything else fell flatter than Kansas. They also tried to thrown in a racial prejudice allegory, but it goes absolutely nowhere. Lastly, they play Rick Astleys 'Never gonna give you up' and Carly Rae Jepsens 'Call me maybe'... that is the type of humor we are dealing with and yes, they were absolutely trying to be funny. I mean, it's totally funny that the no nonsense FBI agent is listing to a pop song. You are probably thinking, "Is there anything good about the film?" -The puppetry is good. -The two leads are alright
- the movie is 90 minutes long
Don't bother with this crap.