Playmobil: The Movie – AUGUST 30th 2019

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

When her younger brother Charlie suddenly disappears into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL®, Marla embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to bring him home. Setting off on an incredible journey through new and exciting themed worlds, Marla teams up with various strange and heroic companions, including Del, a crazed food truck driver; Rex Dasher, a suave and fearless secret agent; a loyal and endearing robot; a hilarious fairy-godmother, and many others!

MOVIESinMO REVIEW

You know it had to happen. Another toy manufacturer made a movie starring their toys. It’s a good idea, and it does help drive sales, but if you don’t care enough about the story, why make it a theatrical release? It starts promising, but you soon realize it’s almost a direct copy of The Lego Movie in reverse. Two kids were playing with toys, Playmobile, of course, having fun and interacting in a way you only see in commercials. I still wanted to give it a chance but the acting was just horrible. It felt like being forced to watch a pre-school play – and your kid was near the end, so you had to stay. So I watched an overprotective big sister Marla, and her little brother Charlie play in what I call the weakest character development I’ve seen in a long time. Meanwhile, I waited for the Playmobile part of the film to start. So far, all I am viewing is the Disney influenced part of the movie. Both parents are dead, Marla is in charge, and Charlie is doing what little brothers do. Now that we know about family life, the next part is showing all that stuff you see in the trailer. Once again, a very weak setup. Charlie gets mad because things are different since mom and dad are gone and runs away to the toy museum that has, you guessed it, a Playmobil exhibit. Marla goes out looking for her brother, assumes he went to the toy museum, finds the Playmobile exhibit, and gets zapped into the fantastical world of Playmobil (their words, not mine). Stuff happens, lessons are learned, blah, blah, blah. This is not a good movie. It’s barely OK, and that’s because preschoolers will like it with all of its bright colors. In my opinion, don’t waste your time, don’t waste your money, and please don’t insult your kid’s intelligence by getting this P.O.S. for them.

DVD/DIGITAL

Genre – Animated Adventure

Street date

Digital/DVD – March 3^rd 2020

Video – 1080p

Screen size – 2.39:1

Sound – English: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish

Extras

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