Uglydolls movie review

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)

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