Angry Birds

In the 3D animated comedy, The Angry Birds Movie, we'll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds - or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride, This is the End, Eastbound and Down) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to. Featuring a hilarious, all-star voice cast that includes Bill Hader (Trainwreck, Inside Out), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids, Sisters), and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), as well as Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, Sisters), ...Written by Sony Pictures EntertainmentI was a huge fan of the game "Angry Birds." I could play it all day and never get bored. Years later, a movie finally decides to come out.

Fans of the computer game will probably admire the way that the film-makers managed to crowbar a narrative into the baffling silliness of this phenomenon. But if you are not a regular player, the story feels like an inelegant and pointless scramble of trampolines, catapults, eggs and anger management classes. Despite the best efforts of Jason Sudeikis, the voice of the central character, Red, who drenches every line with a thick coating of irony, this simply isn't funny enough to charm the parents of the film's intended audience: impressionable and not particularly discerning children.

I, for one did not think it was that embarking or charming to watch. It had a few good scenes, but that was it. The characters are all annoying and so over the top that it wasn't funny. It was more embarrassing. And the movie was too childish that I was embarrassed to be in the theater. So it's not even a family movie, it's more of a kids movie. While Goosebumps and The Jungle Book remake both captured the charm and wit and humour to appeal to adults this movie doesn't really succeed in that manner. Take your kids to see it, but don't expect an adult to enjoy it. 2/5 stars.