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JamesG · 04-30-2010, 04:52 PM

Movie Reviews: Furry Vengeance

Here’s something new — a revenge movie aimed at small children.

Something else kinda new — instead of cute, computer generated animals, it uses real ones. (They’re manipulated by computers, too.)

No matter. The critics aren’t impressed.

Actually, writes Mike Hale in the New York Times, the movie is “unbearable,” although, he hastens to add, “the bear’s performance is pretty good.”

Claudia Puig in USA Today seems astounded that the movie is being released by Summit Entertainment, the same company that brought us the The Hurt Locker which won the award for best movie last year.

On the other hand, she writes “Furry Vengeance is a slapstick stinker, easily the worst movie of the year.”

Lou Lumenick in the New York Post calls it “excruciatingly unfunny” and “incoherently directed.”

As for the CGI effects that give the animals human-like expressions, Amy Biancolli in the San Francisco Chronicle comments that the animals “display neither personality nor expressive flair, communicating solely through Scooby-Doo-ish grunts and pictographic thought balloons. No animals were harmed in the making of this film; they were just made to look like badly rendered clip art.”

Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe and Mail agrees with his fellow critics about the artistic merits of Furry Vengeance.

Nevertheless, he adds, “the appeal of this kind of film to audiences between 4 and 8 shouldn’t be underestimated. As we have learned in innumerable movies — from Home Alone to Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel – children deeply enjoy watching grown-ups getting smacked, tripped and splattered with various kinds of slop. When the humiliation is carried out by small furry animals, the effect is only enhanced.

-IMDB News

Tubehead · 05-02-2010, 02:07 PM

isaw it the othr day. i nevrlauhged so hard. we neeed more clean moives. now days they keep Sneaking dirty stuff in kids moive. we need good clean moive last good clean moive was RV daddy day care and daddy day camp.we need more goodclean moives like thismoive. i never laughed so hard. my favrotie part was were he was in thecar when the skunks spray him.

PlayOn · 05-02-2010, 04:37 PM

I think it looks like a good movie. I want to see it. I'm hoping when the numbers are released, the "experts" will be proven wrong. I'm with Tubehead. We need more clean movies.

Reverend Jim · 05-14-2010, 10:38 AM

Dear James G.,

04-30-2010, 04:52 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Movie Reviews: "Furry Vengeance" Movie Reviews: Furry Vengeance Here’s something new — a revenge movie aimed at small children. Something else kinda new — instead of cute, computer generated animals, it uses real ones. (They’re manipulated by computers, too.) No matter. The critics aren’t impressed. Actually, writes Mike Hale in the New York Times, the movie is “unbearable,” although, he hastens to add, “the bear’s performance is pretty good.” Claudia Puig in USA Today seems astounded that the movie is being released by Summit Entertainment, the same company that brought us the The Hurt Locker which won the award for best movie last year. On the other hand, she writes “Furry Vengeance is a slapstick stinker, easily the worst movie of the year.” Lou Lumenick in the New York Post calls it “excruciatingly unfunny” and “incoherently directed.” As for the CGI effects that give the animals human-like expressions, Amy Biancolli in the San Francisco Chronicle comments that the animals “display neither personality nor expressive flair, communicating solely through Scooby-Doo-ish grunts and pictographic thought balloons. No animals were harmed in the making of this film; they were just made to look like badly rendered clip art.” Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe and Mail agrees with his fellow critics about the artistic merits of Furry Vengeance. Nevertheless, he adds, “the appeal of this kind of film to audiences between 4 and 8 shouldn’t be underestimated. As we have learned in innumerable movies — from Home Alone to Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel – children deeply enjoy watching grown-ups getting smacked, tripped and splattered with various kinds of slop. When the humiliation is carried out by small furry animals, the effect is only enhanced. -IMDB News

05-02-2010, 02:07 PM	#2
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	liked it isaw it the othr day. i nevrlauhged so hard. we neeed more clean moives. now days they keep Sneaking dirty stuff in kids moive. we need good clean moive last good clean moive was RV daddy day care and daddy day camp.we need more goodclean moives like thismoive. i never laughed so hard. my favrotie part was were he was in thecar when the skunks spray him.

05-02-2010, 04:37 PM	#3
PlayOn ADHD: what I have not who I am Senior Member Join Date: Jun 17, 2006 Location: I'll never tell. :p Posts: 2,745	I think it looks like a good movie. I want to see it. I'm hoping when the numbers are released, the "experts" will be proven wrong. I'm with Tubehead. We need more clean movies.
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05-14-2010, 10:38 AM	#4
Reverend Jim Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 08, 2009 Location: New York City Posts: 783	Dear James G.,