Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is a sweet film and harkens back to the old school style of animation. It succeeds for this very reason- this is a fun film by Dreamworks which can be enjoyed by the entire family. The voice actors do a fine job and the fact that no one is a known face or voice only helps assist the movie. (Great animation movie for a family outing)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) Starring: Ty Burrel, Max Charles, Ariel Winters, Allison Janney, Ellie Kemper, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Tobolowsky, Karan Brar, Joshua Rush, Adam Alexi-Malle, Stanley Tucci, Leslie Mann, and Lake Bell Directed by Rob Minkoff Review HE'S LEAVING HIS MARK ON HISTORY You know I'm beginning to believe that Dreamworks is getting better with their animated feature films, I've heard great things about their How to Train Your Dragon movies, which I have not seen and this film in particular was surprisingly not just good but great. The Film revolves around Sherman who bites a girl named Penny, after she calls him a dog. His father a dog named Mr. Peabody decides to clear this up by having Penny and her parents come over for dinner. Penny doesn't believe Sherman when he tells her about meeting George Washington, so he shows her The Wayback which is a time machine and she becomes engaged to king Tut. Mr. Peabody and Sherman attempt to get Penny out but they stop along the way when the wayback runs out of battery and must return home to stop the portal bringing everyone from the past to the present. The film is based on Mr. Peabody & Sherman comic,cartoon or whatever it originally was where they had adventures through time and history. It's quite interesting and packs a wonderful family punch and the kids would probably love this as well the adults. You can bet this movie is a lot of fun, it excels in animation and fast pacing that when there traveling in the wayback or in a situation it's like a jolt of excitement. You can say that this is one of the best animated films of the year. The performances are amazing, I don't all the voice actors but Ty Burrel who voices Sherman was excellent and while I don't know who voiced Penny and Mr. Peabody I dound them too be great as well. All the elements of a good animated kid's film are not present it lacks that gut feeling you have for the characters, but the gut feeling of them surviving a situation is there from the problems occurrence to the resolve. I give Mr. Peabody & Sherman a four out of five.

First of all, I have never seen the original 1960's Mr. Peabody & Sherman and probably never will. However, I do appreciate DreamWorks' effort for bringing a piece of the past to modern day.For what it is, Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a good movie. A little slow in the beginning, but it will pick up speed.However, there are a few problems that I felt ruined the movie.1. For a boy raised by an intellectual dog (who I might add, invented a well working time machine) Sherman seems very "uninformed" despite having first-hand experiences with history. Often times, he does not understand Mr. Peabody's jokes, as obvious as they may seem, resulting in the "ha ha ha, I don't get it" gag, and it will happen a couple times. To the kids, it may grab a giggle or chuckle, but it will not make anyone laugh. Instead, I felt it "slowed down" the movie every time it was used. It just does not fit the tone they were trying to establish.2. The idea of not altering the past is not very prevalent in the movie. First off, THEY DO CARE (or rather, Mr. Peabody does) about not going to a time they are present in, such as yesterday or an hour ago, for example, so as to not rip a hole in the space-time continuum. However, they do not carry the same mindset into the past. For example, the WABAC (the time machine) was running short of energy, so Mr. Peabody had to recalculate the current directions. He decided to stop by Florence, Italy (renaissance age) and seek help from Leonardo da Vinci (after Penny, the girl responsible for the whole plot, walked in on da Vinci during the painting of Mona Lisa). From there, we learn that Mr. Peabody and da Vinci are actually friends. The movie implies that Mr. Peabody had gone back before and befriended da Vinci. Shouldn't that alter the time line by just a little bit! Oh, and the ending also completely ruins the "do not alter the past" logic.Still, I liked the idea for the movie and found it enjoyable. It is teaching the kids, while being entertaining. It's brilliant! Of course, for every animated film these days, one cannot simply pass by without a strong pathos. The pathos effect of Mr. Peabody & Sherman is good, albeit cliché. The "bad parent-offspring relationship reconciled at the end" is very overdone in animated movies (ahem, Pixar) however, this one felt "different." I cannot explain why, but it just felt so good in the end. So corny, but very emotional; it had me tearing.Overall, it is a good movie. Nothing more, nothing less.

I have decided to watch and review the movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, I will know summarize the movie without spoiling the movie. The movie starts when Mr. Peabody ( a dog) shows that he is different than most dogs. He also talks about how he adopted a little boy who is now seven named Sherman. Because, of Peabody's intelligence, he has won a Nobel Prize award and even has a penthouse in New York where he raises Sherman. Mr. Peabody's most important invention is the Wayback, a time machine that he keeps hidden. He uses the time machine to teach Sherman about different periods of history. One day on a school day, Sherman's class is learning about George Washington. When a girl named Penny, tries to answer a question, Sherman contradicts the idea and argued against it. The is argument becomes a fight where Penny mocks Sherman for being a dog. It was told that Sherman bit Penny. Peabody is brought to a counselor who says that she will inspect his lifestyle to see if he is a good parent. One night, Penny and her parents come to Mr. Peabody's house. Mr. Peabody impresses Penny's parents which his skill, while Sherman shows Penny the Wayback.I will now make analysis of the Mr. Peabody and share my opinion. I believe that the movie tried well to show different points of history, but it didn't fulfill its promise. I believe that it should have more accurately expressed the events, but I admit I liked the choice in each of the events. I believe that this movie expressed a lot of equality, stating how if a human can own a dog, a dog should be able to own a human. It also showed the effects of persuasion when Sherman would want to do everything Penny told him to do. Since I have been to few of the places in the movie such as Florence, I enjoyed the settings in the movie and almost remembering it to be just like it was in the movie. If I were to grade this movie on a scale to 1 to 10, I would give it a seven. I believe that this movie won't become a classic, but it is better than most animated movies these days.