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Migration

2023

Benjamin Renner, Guy-Laurent Homsy

Animation, Voice: Isabela Merced, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina ...

6.2

1,684

Animation. Adventure. Comedy The Mallard family has become stuck. While Dad Mack feels fulfilled taking care of his family at their New England pond, Mom Pam can't wait to live life and have her children - teenager Dax and duckling Gwen - discover the wide world. After a family of migrating ducks arrives at her pond with wonderful stories of faraway places, Pam manages to convince Mack that they should travel to tropical Jamaica by way of New York. The Mallards set ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] offers a winning combination of a charming narrative and distinctive animation style"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Even at just 70-something minutes (before credits), the movie seems to take forever getting to its destination, delivering its funniest bit up front in the form of “Mooned, a 10-minute short that catches up with “Despicable Me”."
		Zaki Hasan San Francisco Chronicle	"Don’t expect 'Magnificent Ambersons'-style interfamily drama a la Orson Welles. But the character moments here resonate, and there are enough stakes to make the final scenes feel meaningful (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Aparita Bhandari The Globe and Mail	"The humour is gentle (...) the script maintains a delicate balance, talking to both grown-ups and children. (...) moments of sly parody amuse the adults while also engaging the young ones."
		Ben Croll The Wrap	"Without the discounting the often witty dialogue (...) All the frenetic action and popping colors unfortunately cannot keep one from asking that most common road-trip question: Are we there yet?"
		Tania Hussain Collider	"Migration is a heartwarming and sincere animated film that balances humor and emotion with an original and inventive story."
		Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"[It's] original in name only, while feeling like a flavorless mishmash of "Finding Nemo" and "Ratatouille" (...) "Migration" rarely approaches a level of excitement or creativity that might be hoped for with a big-budget animated feature."
		Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"[It] isn’t exactly unique, but it’s different enough. And in today’s factory filmmaking, that’s almost as unlikely as milking a duck"
		Ryan Gaur IGN	"[It] takes steps in the right direction, but is not unique enough to make a significant emotional impact"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"This wacky and sweet tale about ducks on the move is just the ticket"
		Soren Andersen Seattle Times	"[It] is a most insistent picture. Characters deliver their lines with unmodulated insistence (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jake Coyle Chicago Sun-Times	"Cartoon ducks never spread their wings in lush-looking animated comedy (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle	"Thrillingly airborne and a riot of color, ['Migration']'s many scenes of flying are an absolute joy (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"In the end, 'Migration' moves along at jet speed while often feeling labored"
		Jesse Hassenger The Daily Beast	"As a kiddie diversion, 'Migration' is tolerable. It's also, in its own mild way, a little chilling"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"For a movie in which the central characters occasionally have reason to lament how delicious they are, it's simply not as tasty as it could be"
		Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"Those kids will retain more lasting memories of whatever their parents got for them at the concession stand than anything up there on the screen (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Odie Henderson Boston Globe	"This movie is the punishment I deserve for loving those Minions! (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		John Nugent Empire	"It’s all just fine. But 'Migration’s' tethering to now-well-established studio strictures (...) leaves it feeling less original than it should be (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tatiana Hullender Screen Rant	"'Migration' doesn't take as many chances as its characters do, but Illumination's animated adventure story is breathtaking when it truly takes flight (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"It’s perfectly acceptable middle-of-the-road family entertainment with some beautifully animated sequences"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"An animation that's formulaic but looks, sounds and tastes a treat (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Pete Hammond Deadline	"It is the kind of animated entertainment that all ages will find something to like, and in terms of the creative talent involved it is a breath of fresh air in the genre"

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