Storks (2016)
2016
PG
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidenta...
User Review
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Storks is surprisingly rather heartfelt. Honestly, I went in thinking this was going to be another mass manufactured lifeless animation (I'm looking at you Illumination...). But...there is actually some substance. Yes, a film about storks delivering babies (or lack of...) slowly became a coming-of-age animation about parenthood and family. In a world where storks deliver packages, a depiction of Amazon's idyllic dream of drone deliveries, a stork and orphan accidentally create a baby (no beastiality...relax) and must deliver said baby to the family who requested it. Silly lighthearted plot aside, the third act is surprisingly heavy and brimming with emotion. The themes of family, parental nurturing and teamwork are all of a sudden injected into the slightly lifeless first and second act. Making the third act rather touching. The film's story is well paced and continuously kept me engaged. A shaky start but I gradually became invested. The characters themselves were hit and miss. Their aesthetics are memorable, yet their personalities aren't which makes it difficult to like them. They are just there. There is a weird pigeon that somewhat stills every scene, I guess it's appropriate comedic timing. The voice acting was very bland. The one-dimensional characters meant that they could be voiced by anyone and so the overall execution felt generic. The animation was stunning, an extremely high-quality finish to each scene. For the first time ever (and hopefully the last), I can say that babies looked absolutely adorable. I succumbed to the cuteness much like the transformational pack of wolves did. Annoyingly in popular animations some pop songs are embedded into the film, which as you all know just irritate me. I want to watch a film, not consistently sing a Jason Derulo song in my head. An eternal nightmare. But but but, I honestly thought this was going to bad. I was pleasantly surprised. The third act alone saves the film from being an unmemorable animated flick. Worth a watch I would say.0 member like this review.
