By Emilio Frenk.
Director: David Soren
Cast (Voice): Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schall, DeeDee Rescher, David Soren and Mel Rodriguez.
Rating: Very Good.
David Soren, director “Turbo” brings his second feature film and collaboration with DreamWorks Animation with “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” and I really enjoyed this movie.
Based on the series of books by Dav Pilkey, the movie tells the story of George (Kevin Hart) and Harold (Thomas Middleditch) two imaginative pranksters who enjoy drawing and telling stories about the hero they created: Captain Underpants.
The kids are very popular at school due to their humor and constantly making the Principal Mr. Krupp (Ed Helms) mad.
After a school prank that both do to their classmate Melvin (Jordan Peele) Mr. Krupp decides to put both George and Harold in separate rooms.
Suddenly George uses a ring from a cereal box to hypnotize Mr. Krupp, transforming him into Captain Underpants.
To make things worst for the two pranksters, their new teacher Professor Poopypants (Nick Kroll) wants to get rid of anything that provokes laughter in children.
Now both George and Harold will need of Captain Underpant´s help to stop this and continue with both humor and laughter.
“Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is without a doubt a very enjoyable one . This was because of the great screenplay written by Nicholas Stoller, who wrote last year´s “Storks” and has written comedies like “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” and “Muppets Most Wanted”. He once again uses his humor in a very good way.
I like the way how Stoller adapted Pilkey´s children´s books, focusing not only in children but adults as well.
David Soren´s directing was really good again and the choice for the casting of the characters was a good one.
The chemistry between Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch works at all levels and both actors bring their humor and wit.
Ed Helms as both Mr. Krupp and Captain Underpants is hilarious as well, making him one of the most talented comedy actors today and this is a result of it.
The animation by DreamWorks Animation was very well made and I feel this movie can be a contender for next awards season due to the quality of animation and the originality of the story.
Another thing that I really liked of this movie was the message about the importance of living every single day on your life and laugh about it, even if you are faced in a situation that involves anything but laughter. It also involves how to laugh about yourself which is one of the most important things in life.
The reason why I think “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is very original is because it´s the first time that we see in an animated movie how important is to have a sense of humor in every single situation that you are faced on with.
Yes, the movie has some vulgar humor but in a childish way that makes it enjoyable. I laughed really hard with this film and I hope we can still see this kind of movie more.
With that being said “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is a movie for all ages, I highly recommend it and I hope you enjoy it.