Uglydolls movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:   UglyDolls

                         ON Disc and Streaming: July 30, 2019

 

RATING:  PG 

LENGTH:   1 hour, 27 minutes 

Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B

IN A NUTSHELL:

If you’ve seen the Hasbro Uglydolls in stores, you might be surprised that they actually made a feature film out of them.  This colorful, animated movie has quite a few powerful messages for kids and adults.  It’s sugary sweet and family-friendly. It’s definitely not as magical as any of the Toy Story films, but it’s still worth seeing for younger kids.

 

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

  • Spend time talking to your kids about the messages in this movie.  We all feel ugly from time to time.
  • No profanity
  • Champagne on a table
  • Joke about butts
  • Some doll violence.
  • Bullying
  • Dolls in peril.  I feel silly writing that sentence.

 

THEMES:

  • Friendship
  • Dreams, hope
  • Believe in yourself, accept yourself
  • Love
  • Fitting in
  • Everyone is unique and special
  • Physical appearance vs. internal beauty
  • Perfection vs. being unique
  • Never give up
  • “Our flaws make us who we are.” – Moxy  (Kelly Clarkson)
  • “Believe in the you that you see.” –  from a song
  • Embrace imperfection and all of your “messy bits.”

 

THINGS I LIKED:

  • Kelly Clarkson is totally adorable as the voice of the ever-optimistic Moxy.  Fans of THE VOICE will love watching a movie with both Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton.  You can watch them together in The Complete Season 14 Collection (The Voice Performance)  She is a much better actor than he is and she also does the bulk of the singing in the movie.
  • Nick Jonas is great as the villain.  Other musical artists in the movie are Pitbull, Ice-T, and Janelle Monae.
  • Other voice talents include Emma Roberts, Wanda Sykes, Jane Lynch, Rob Riggle, Leehom Wang, and Gabriel Iglesias.
  • The music is fun with cute lyrics.  Your kids might actually ask for the soundtrack.  I really liked the song Unbreakable .  Here’s the link for the soundtrack: UglyDolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  My favorite song from the movie is Broken & Beautiful (from the movie UGLYDOLLS)
  • “Dollscaping.”   ha ha
  • Yes, this movie is about merchandising.  Uglydolls have actually been seen in cameos in movies like Enchanted, the 2011 The Smurfs, Zathura, and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.
  • There is some humor for parents, which parents definitely appreciate if they have to sit through the movie with their kids.
  • I loved how the teeth on the little girl matched Moxy’s in the end.
  • The end credits were really cute how they coordinated kids with dolls.  No need to watch all of the credits though; there isn’t anything at the very end.

 

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

  • It’s pretty predictable.
  • Some of the edited transitions are abrupt.
  • The song “Getting All Dolled Up” seemed to teach contradictory lessons:  be who you are but you should make changes.  ???

 

FUNNY LINES:

* “I’m an individual exactly like the rest of them.” – boy doll

 

INTERESTING LINES:

* “Pretty makes perfect.” –  Lou (Nick Jonas)

 

OTHER MOVIES LIKE THIS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:

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