The first full-length animated film of the Texan animation studio Reel FX comes only in a Dutch version in our country

The main pief of this planet, the president of the United States, has long been a ritual in which he runs his hand over his heart. Each year escapes one turkey slaughter before Thanksgiving. Reggie is this year's favorite poultry. The skimmed scrag has vainly his fellow turkeys to try to convince the farm of the fact that they are fattened by the farmer to be able to serve as a feast. In his eyes, his turkeys dumb, stupid and addicted to corn. Reggie is smart outsider but which is not included in the group.

At the presidential retreat Camp David Reggie has a wonderful life. Addicted to pizza and a false Mexican soap opera lazing turkey yummy on the loose. One evening, just before Thanksgiving, he is kidnapped by the tough but dumb oil Jake. Together they come up with a mission to change the Thanksgiving tradition forever and ever.

The first full-length animated film of the Texan animation studio Reel FX comes only in a Dutch version in our country. The voice actors have certainly not easy as incurred. The bone-dry and corny dialogues between Paul Groot and Peter Paul Muller are at times hilarious and it does not make you even more curious about the efforts of Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson. The picture jokes that have devised the Americans they complement flawlessly humor. There is, moreover, been previously agreed that the historical reality is not quite accurate. Apart from the talking turkeys course. For the people are Reggie and Jake inaudible. Perhaps precisely why do they escape their attention.

Very soon after the meeting between Jake and Reggie switches Freebirds on a mission in which the two turkeys as a secret agent infiltrate the Ministry of Defence. Using a secret time machine from the US Army they know to travel to the year 1621; the year that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated. If they can prevent the settlers get it into their heads to serve a turkey for their peace times it is their kind forever secure. Reggie and Jake stumble upon an underground resistance turkeys. While Jake competes with the military leader of the group, Reggie katzwijm falls for the beautiful Jenny.

Just as this nice come on steam rolled from the computer animated film and make room for lots of action, shoot the humor a bit in. Amusing are the competitions verpissen between Jake and his competitor that both want to execute the command. But as good as caught the first half hour but it would be no more. In addition, the animation lacks a distinct identity. The figures are a hybrid style of Pixar and DreamWorks. It all looks beautiful, all the human figures moving rather stiffly. The makers have happy humor tucked both at the level of the young viewers as it does for adults. It's just a pity that the verbal momentum can not be maintained in the entire half hour.

It goes nicely with the Dutch family film. Year after year, a title in the cinemas in terms of charm and convenience, there does appear able to compete with the saccharine blockbusters from the United States. The many Anne MG Schmidt adaptations did very good example. Joram also Lürsens magician mystery The Secret of 2010 and earned instant sympathy My Adventures by V. Swchwrm excelled two years later by the bizarre characters, humor and cleverness. Recently appeared ?? first Dutch Christmas Movie ??, very successful in the middle of the winter night . The Dutch family film can be in any direction and genre swings between humor and light drama

It's still quite a profession is to get a good family movie off the ground proves uncomfortable Finn of nota bene Frans Weisz. Weisz is an authentic Dutch filmmaker who has earned his spurs and thus have a game to break. The family film, he has never before ventured. He has himself not exactly easy by going to film the scenario of television writer Janneke van der Pal. The biggest shortcoming is that his Finn , which indeed is touted as a family film, none of the boxes only. Normally, this is precisely often a pleasant discovery. This Christmas movie this alone is very difficult for an audience to bring the husband and is much too serious for young viewers.

Central to the nine-year title person who lives with his father in the countryside in Drenthe. Finn's mother is deceased some time ago and this loss still casts its shadow on the family. The neighbor takes care of the food and Finn's father, who is a carpenter, committed far too protective of his son. With his best friend Erik Finn cycle daily to school and the football club. At school the boy being bullied, perhaps because Finn is sensitive and would rather make music than a ball kicks. One afternoon Finn passes a farm that has been empty for a long time, but where suddenly taking off from magic violin sounds. Finn makes contact with the somewhat surly musician, but his father does not have air here especially.

Weisz has access to an impressive list of players who will be disappointing done. Jenny Arean plays a neighbor with Drenthe made knauwend accent, out of which hardly a word comes and each scene heralds a new exotic dish. The other female input must come from a schoolteacher played by Hanna Verboom whose presence adds very little. It is precisely this kind of secondary characters that could give family film like this panache. A much bigger problem, however, lies in the lost balance between drama and much needed but often absent pleasant lightness and perspective. It can be also not hard to guess why Finn's father would rather not have his son contact with the violinist.

Frans Weisz does not have to prove. With his masterpiece, the Herzberg trilogy, and other patriotic classics in a variety of genres, this is no longer necessary. Maybe it's just that the commitment of a big name like Weisz why the lukewarm, slightly flat Finn us right into the oncoming Christmas time so late in the lurch.