<p>Rating: 3/5</p>.<p>Spies in Disguise<br />Cast: Will Smith, Tom<br />Holland, Karen Gillan<br />Director: Troy Quane,<br />Nick Bruno<br />Language:<br />English (U)</p>.<p>Animation films seldom make sense in real-world terms but this aspect helps them depict ideas that traditional live action films mostly fail at.</p>.<p>Animation films can be mind-blowing genre benders that redefine cinematography, action and even storytelling. And then there are feel-good animation films that deliver quality entertainment worth your time. This movie falls in neither category.</p>.<p>It comes with a message and that’s all it has to offer. There’s always a ‘non-violent’ way of doing everything, even stopping a vile villain from destroying the world: that’s the message.</p>.<p>Filled with scenes and sequences we have seen countless times, the film fails to guide the viewer’s attention from one sequence to the next. The comedy is average at best.</p>.<p>‘An experiment at a spy agency goes wrong as a result of which a super celebrated spy gets turned into a pigeon’, sets the stage for an hour and 40 minutes of run-time.</p>.<p>The spy, Lance Sterling, voiced by Will Smith, offers nothing new, and neither does Walter Beckett, the nerd scientist voiced by Tom Holland.</p>.<p>But then, you have to ask the obvious question. Will the kids enjoy it? Yes, I saw many laugh and jump out of their seats in excitement. On the strength of that, I recommend it to children and their parents, who have to sit with them anyway.</p>
<p>Rating: 3/5</p>.<p>Spies in Disguise<br />Cast: Will Smith, Tom<br />Holland, Karen Gillan<br />Director: Troy Quane,<br />Nick Bruno<br />Language:<br />English (U)</p>.<p>Animation films seldom make sense in real-world terms but this aspect helps them depict ideas that traditional live action films mostly fail at.</p>.<p>Animation films can be mind-blowing genre benders that redefine cinematography, action and even storytelling. And then there are feel-good animation films that deliver quality entertainment worth your time. This movie falls in neither category.</p>.<p>It comes with a message and that’s all it has to offer. There’s always a ‘non-violent’ way of doing everything, even stopping a vile villain from destroying the world: that’s the message.</p>.<p>Filled with scenes and sequences we have seen countless times, the film fails to guide the viewer’s attention from one sequence to the next. The comedy is average at best.</p>.<p>‘An experiment at a spy agency goes wrong as a result of which a super celebrated spy gets turned into a pigeon’, sets the stage for an hour and 40 minutes of run-time.</p>.<p>The spy, Lance Sterling, voiced by Will Smith, offers nothing new, and neither does Walter Beckett, the nerd scientist voiced by Tom Holland.</p>.<p>But then, you have to ask the obvious question. Will the kids enjoy it? Yes, I saw many laugh and jump out of their seats in excitement. On the strength of that, I recommend it to children and their parents, who have to sit with them anyway.</p>
