
Oh dear....where's the story????
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I enjoy watching movies with my toddler...some she gets excited about, me less so; others I look forward to - and this was one of those movies!! I grew up in the UK and enjoyed 'The Magic Roundabout" a beloved children's classic, and much later a cult show! Doogal is adapted from this cartoon and features all the same characters so I was interested in seeing this and sharing part of my childhood with her.....alas, this movie did not live up to my expectations and my toddler quickly went back to her Lego!!
Initially my familiarity with the orginal show and the long list of stars that lend their voices to this movie - Jimmy Fallon, Whoopie Goldberg, William, H. Macy and the funny Jon Stewart - promised good things..but the movie just missed one key element - a good hook to draw the audience in !
Sure, the movie had a premise - Doogal has a mission to complete in order to save his friends - and indeed the world against the spells of the evil Zeebad who has resurfaced and is out to cause strife. We, as the audience follow Doogal on this mission, but this is where we started to lose interest! The plot struggled, and often got sidetracked. It seemed to repeat itself in some areas ...and forget what the movie was about in others, to the point where we all switched off and did not care about the ending which was predictable!
Maybe someone out there will enjoy this movie, but for us, it was not well thought out and did not engage us so for that, I have to give it a poor rating!
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