Reviews by Tag: animated

Teen Review
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Ice Age

By Chris Wedge
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 21, 2025

Ice Age is a decent movie with good characters. The movie starts off, introducing us to a group of animals including Manny, Sid and Diego who encounter a human baby and go on a journey to return the baby to its family, but Diego has a secret mission to return the baby to his leader for revenge. The overall plot and story are decent, but there is nothing much special about it. The area where the movie shines the best is the characters.

Teen Review
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Up

By Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 21, 2025

Up is a classic-animated movie with an emotional story. The movie begins by introducing Carl and Ellie, two kids who shared the same dream of visiting Paradise Falls. Now as an old man, Carl looks to fulfilling Ellie’s dream after her death. The story is very deep and well written and balances mature themes like loss with humorous elements. The contrast between Carl’s grumpiness and Russell's enthusiastic nature is one of the best humorous elements present in the movie.

Teen Review
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Wall-E

By Andrew Stanton
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 21, 2025

Wall-E is a unique and charming movie. The movie introduces us to Wall-E a trash compacting robot left on earth to clean up the garbage to make it habitable for humans to return after they left on a luxury spaceship called the AXIOM. The plot of the movie is simple and not complex, but the execution of the story is what made this movie special.

Teen Review
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Ratatouille

By Brad Bird
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 21, 2025

Ratatouille is an amazing movie with an amazing story. It's one of the best movies to watch casually and to enjoy, as it has a simple plot with a unique concept. The movie introduces to Remy, a rat who has an ambition to become a chef, inspired by chef Auguste Gusteau’s philosophy that anyone can cook. Whereas his family is more concerned with survival. While the plot is simple and predictable, the movie executed the story well with a good balance between various elements of the movie.

Teen Review
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The Incredibles

By Brad Bird
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 8, 2025

The Incredibles is a very well-done movie that showcases a unique take on the superhero genre. The movie introduces a world where there are supers born with their powers who use their powers to save the world.  One day their powers are banned, and they have to live an ordinary life. Many years later they are drawn into action again by a mysterious message leading to the confrontation with a mysterious villain.

Teen Review
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Despicable Me 3

By Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 8, 2025

Despicable Me 3 is a good standalone movie but is disappointing and lackluster when compared to its predecessors. The movie starts off showcasing Gru and Lucy on a mission to retrieve the stolen diamond from Balthazar Bratt a former child star. They end up failing to capture him and up getting fired. In a surprising twist, Gru finds out he has a twin brother. This premise is fascinating, but it also resulted in a movie that does not execute the story.

Teen Review
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Despicable Me 2

By Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Apr 8, 2025

Despicable Me 2 is a perfect installment to the series and ties up to the first installment perfectly. The movie starts off with Gru continuing his job of being a parent and turning to living an honest life, but then his life takes a turn as he is hired by the anti-villain league to partner with Lucy Wilde to find the culprit who stole the research facility with dangerous contents. Gru’s transition, from being a villain to a hero, was fun to watch. We see Gru develop as a character and become a better person.

Teen Review
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Despicable Me 4

By Chris Renaud
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Mar 28, 2025

Despicable Me 4 is a decent movie with a messy storyline. The movie starts off introducing a new villain, Maxime Le Mal, who forces Gru and his family into hiding to protect themselves from him. The introductory plot is interesting and could have resulted in a better story had the villain been utilized more. The villain is barely present during the duration of the movie, and there is not much buildup of tension or pressure.

Teen Review
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Kung Fu Panda 4

By Mike Mitchell
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Mar 28, 2025

Kung Fu Panda 4 is a decent installment to the Kung Fu Panda series. It carries over the older characters and introduces new characters to keep it interesting. The story starts off showing us that Po must get ready to become the next spiritual leader of the valley of peace and needs to pick a new dragon warrior to take his place. While on this journey to become the spiritual leader, Po faces a formidable foe. The set-up of the movie is good, but by the end the whole movie felt mediocre and there was not much tension.

Teen Review
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Megamind

By Tom McGrath
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Vaibhav K.
Mar 28, 2025

Megamind is a good movie with an amazing story that has a lot of depth. Megamind and Metro Man were both infants sent to earth from their home planets, which got destroyed. While Metro Man found a loving family and lived a life full of attention and happiness, Megamind landed in a prison and was raised by prisoners and was always the odd one out.

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