I had high expectations for this movie and itโs safe to say that it disappointed me. Letโs start off with the acting, the main character Emily (I donโt know her real name) has played in a bunch of movies that I have watched and liked over the years of her acting career but this one seemed to have been her worst one yet. All of her facial expressions for the first 90% of the movie was the same. No matter if she was happy or sad sheโd have the same look, it was only at the end that I saw a difference (for a split second) in her expression. Not to mention she looked stiff the whole movie and it felt like she couldnโt connect with the character.
Next letโs talk about the style or plot of the movie, itโs similar to every early 2000s kid movie, even the music is the same. Itโs saddening to think that not much has changed in the way animation/family/comedy movies are made. They use the same music, the same style of writing and the same drama. Girl is an outcast, finds something magic or unique, finds a friend within her group of classmates that doesnโt hate or ignore her, gets a lot of praise for it from the people who ignored or bullied her, made scientist or cops want what she has and chases after her and in the end she ends up proving that whatever that magic thing is that sheโs finds is actually hers. Itโs all the same, I understand that this movie was based off of the tv show but Sonic! The movie did better than this it didnโt feel cliche at all.
Maybe itโs just me but Iโd rather stick with the show than watch the movie.