Mr. Peabody & Sherman

This movie is very poor; it's a convoluted watch-once film. It's full of stupidity and plot holes; they forgot about the other Penny. I'll concede that it will make you laugh twice but you could spend your money and time watching much better movies.

I can find only praises for this film. Preparing for the film, I skipped all trailers or references. I simply went to the theater thinking how would good old Peabody be trashed by today's media. Well, low and behold I was pleasantly surprised with the same zing and corny humor of the old 'Peabody's Improbable History' that I was raised on, while finding great enjoyment in the fact that there were still ways to freshen it up with a strong story, fun characters, lots of action and some very entertaining filming and effects. It was wonderful to let go for those 92 minutes and just be a kid again.

Part and parcel of rearing a kid is having to watch a movie you wouldn't normally gravitate to. MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN is one of those movies; it's flashy and busy but doesn't really have anything to offer. More than that, it can be downright manic. I liked that they tried to slip in some teachable history, but it was in too big a hurry to get to the next scene. What kid could absorb that? Aside from that, it was a little too self-aware, the humor derived from hip references. Not my bag. Also, did anyone else just want to blast Penny in the face as badly as I did? She's an instigator. It's funny, the way they cut the trailer for this, the Warburton bits were the most painful. Turns out, next to Da Vinci, he was the shining star of this thing. I was also surprised by the names they got for this movie. But it's as forgettable as they cone. 5/10