![]() However, some gambles fail to pay off as Krupp and the boys meet/create their first supervillain in substitute teacher and former mad scientist Professor Poopypants (Nick Kroll). It may be in the gutter, but Captain Underpants is as buoyant a film as the studio has made in years. The duo have ample opportunity to sell ridiculous lines, break the fourth wall and generally have a ball without getting bogged down or restrained by Dreamworks’ typical reference-heavy humor. OK, the fart orchestra seems aesthetically relevant, but it still takes far too much time away from the film’s voice-acting gifts in Middleditch and Hart. Why we needed “Hallelujah”-not another Leponard Cohen cover-or a fart orchestra, I’m not sure. Its script by Nicholas Stoller hits far more often than it misses, though some self-congratulatory dialogue (characters mentioning how funny/stupid/crazy a joke is while pointing at the joke) and musical segments are tiresome. The movie looks very different from what you may expect from Dreamworks animation: Mikros Image, the animation company behind The Little Prince, gives this parodic world a soft, matte roundness that looks as inviting for kids as its lowbrow jokes sound. Krupp finds earnestness and confidence as the near-nude crimefighter enamored with his own (made-up) legend. When the boys snap their fingers, Krupp loses his toupee, attitude and clothing to become their own comic book creation: Captain Underpants. Krupp hates the two boys and their antics so much that he threatens to end their friendship, so, after going through the requisite whoopee cushions and joy buzzers, the boys discover it’s finally a cereal box hypnosis ring they can use to strike back against their cruel taskmaster. Like all movies about botched experimental creations, Captain Underpants starts off with harmless stakes. The presumptuously titled Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, based on Dav Pilkey’s first four children’s books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it’s found itself.Ĭreated accidentally by prankster elementary schoolers George Beard (Kevin Hart) and Harold Hutchins (Thomas Middleditch), Captain Underpants provides a harmless bit of antagonizing to his alter-ego, principal/despot Mr. What this movie gleefully presupposes is: Maybe one can. And while I don't have documented proof, I'm willing to believe it's because most children don't have the combination of timing and jubilance that Hamilton and Gragnani embody.Most superheroes look like they’re wearing their underwear on the outside of their clothes. That may seem like the most obvious thing in the world, but remember that child actors aren't used all that often in animated TV shows. And it's almost entirely because they actually sound like kids, which makes it that much easier to just lose oneself in the completely zany stories that are being told. They just give a really good performance, but are just loaded with authenticity and charm.Īll it takes is one episode to understand exactly what he means, since Ramone Hamilton ( Summer Camp Island) and Jay Gragnani ( Bubble Guppies) are really stellar as George and Harold in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. We're a little less encumbered by that, and I just felt it was a little more natural and charming having actual kid voices. ![]() And I just kind of felt like I really wanted to have.so in a feature film, you kind of maybe need to have big names doing your lead roles. The thing is, rather, we didn't base the series on the movie. ![]()
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