{"id":50172,"date":"2021-08-23T23:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T03:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50172"},"modified":"2021-08-24T00:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T04:03:49","slug":"paw-patrol-the-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/paw-patrol-the-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"PAW Patrol: The Movie – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bob Garver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            The animated \u201cPAW Patrol\u201d franchise doesn\u2019t have the \u201cfor all ages\u201d appeal of the best of Disney and Pixar. It\u2019s from Nickelodeon, but it doesn\u2019t even manage that channel\u2019s trademark appeal to both kids and a certain brand of immature adult (\u201cRen and Stimpy\u201d and \u201cSpongeBob SquarePants\u201d come to mind as examples). No, this is strictly kiddie stuff, and as I am no longer a kiddie myself, nor do I have kiddies of my own, \u201cPAW Patrol: The Movie\u201d is not for me. The most fun I can get out of this movie is occasionally making snarky jokes out of harmless material. Parents, you can at least enjoy how much your kids (and they have to be young kids, like kindergarten or lower) enjoy this movie, but there\u2019s nothing here for you yourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            The story follows the mostly-canine PAW Patrol as they move from small-town Adventure Bay to urban metropolis Adventure City. City dog Liberty (wunderkind actress\/producer Marsai Martin) calls them in to do damage control for newly-\u201celected\u201d Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo), who\u2019s more of a cat person. Simply having an evil mayor isn\u2019t normally a reason to call emergency services, but in this case, it\u2019s completely necessary. Over the course of the movie, Humdinger will set off a reckless fireworks display (I happened to see this film in a town where a similarly reckless fireworks display infamously took place about a decade ago), add a poorly-constructed loop-de-loop to the city\u2019s subway, and cause a massive storm by overloading an educationally-purposed weather machine. Humdinger, by the way, belongs to whichever political party you don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            It\u2019s up to the PAW Patrol to save the day: Human leader Ryder (Will Brisbin), police officer Chase (Iain Armitage), aviator Skye (Lilly Bartlam), firefighter Marshall (Kingsley Marshall), recycling-themed Rocky (Callum Shoniker), aquatic-themed Zuma (Shayle Simons), and construction-themed Rubble (Keegan Hedley). The pup with the most personality is Chase, who\u2019s afraid to return to Adventure City after a bad experience being abandoned there in the past. He\u2019s got to learn a lesson about bravery so the film can meet the minimum requirement for substance, I mean, so he can save the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            The film doesn\u2019t put a lot of effort into its script or characters, but it sure puts a lot into the vehicles they drive, the buildings they inhabit, and the accessories they use. This is not a movie that is worried that it\u2019s too much of a glorified toy commercial. Ryder even makes a self-aware jab at the team\u2019s merchandising at one point. Maybe that\u2019s why all the perfectly-capable dogs answer to a human \u2013 he knows a good marketing opportunity when he sees one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            This may be a strange comparison, but being in a theater with young kids for \u201cPAW Patrol: The Movie\u201d was a lot like being in the theater with teenage girls for \u201cTwilight\u201d back in 2008. The movie did nothing for me in and of itself, but the reactions of the fans in the audience was infectious. They were climbing on their seats, laughing and screaming at every little thing onscreen, and loudly declaring that it was the greatest movie ever. The audience at \u201cPAW Patrol\u201d got pretty rowdy too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cPAW Patrol: The Movie\u201d isn\u2019t for me, it isn\u2019t for adults unless they\u2019re accompanied by a kid, and it isn\u2019t for kids over the age of about six. To me, the pace was too slow, the jokes weren\u2019t funny, and the shilling of toys was too obvious. But the kids in the target audience were having the time of their lives, so I can\u2019t say the movie failed in its goal of reaching them. Let\u2019s say it averages out to a C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPAW Patrol: The Movie\u201d is playing in theaters and available for streaming on Paramount+. The film is rated G. Its running time is 86 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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