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Finland, United States · 2019
Rated PG · 1h 37m
Director Thurop Van Orman
Starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones, Bill Hader
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Red, Chuck, Bomb, and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests they unite to fight a common threat: aggressive birds armed with a weapon try to destroy their way of life. After picking their best and brightest, the birds and pigs devise a scheme to deactivate the device and save their homes and themselves.
It is pleasantly manic while its vividly bright colours, swirling like a party pack of Smarties upended over your head, will appeal to your own little birds. Yet it misses the curmudgeonly charms of its predecessor, and suffers from the diminishing allure of a video game brand too old to feel fresh, too recent to be wistful for.
Van Orman, Emmy-nominated creator of the quirky, cult-inspiring kids’ cartoon series “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack,” brings just the right level of dippy zeal to the project, committing to extended, farcical routines that, at their most immaculately choreographed and paced, channel the pure, physical hilarity of vintage Chaplin or Sellers.
Moving beyond the confines of the app’s premises, The Angry Birds Movie 2 starts slow but flourishes into breezy, colourful fun.
Pleasingly silly sequel is a colourful, creative, deliciously daft animation.
This is one sequel you can’t fault for effort, and the dud jokes are far outnumbered by the ones that are just about cute, smart or screwy enough to nudge out a laugh.
I won’t say it’s excruciating, but viewers of every age will be keenly aware of the passage of time and this colossal waste of it.
The Observer (UK) by Simran Hans
Cameos from Awkwafina, Nicki Minaj and Pete Davidson, and a subplot involving a trio of adorable hatchlings, are amusing diversions, but Jones’s dynamic voice work is the highlight.
The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton
It may lack the refined wit and revered pedigree of blue-chip animation franchises such as Toy Story, but it still ticks plenty of lightweight fun boxes for its prime target audience of younger children, with just enough adult humor to keep parents from yawning, too.