Swifty must deliver an oversized package to Joe Goat, who lives on the other side of the cliff. The Shorts Collection 1 includes four amazing episodes: Mind the Gap, Love is in the Air, Off the Rails and You Goat to be Kidding me! Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimerīy entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions.Enjoy this extraordinary collection of animated short films featuring the lovable characters from Arctic Friends. Join the Screen It family for just $9.95/month or $52/year If You're Ready to Find Out Exactly What's in the Movies Your KidsĪre Watching, Click the Add to Cart button below and I'd recommend going back and re-watching any number of far better and more interesting computer-animated films, even ones where you might not recognize all or even any of the names.
Whatever the case, that debate is far more interesting than the latest such film to use big-name talent for character voices, "Arctic Dogs." While the likes of Jeremy Renner, Heidi Klum, Alec Baldwin, James Franco, John Cleese and more all do a fine job, their characters and the overall story are derivative of previous works, the animation is decent but nothing noteworthy, and I'm already forgetting much of the flick mere hours after seeing it. Not to mention there's plenty of unknown vocal talent out there who'd do the same work for a fraction of the cost and deliver the same sort of results. After all, unless their characters are drawn to look like them, it just seems like a waste of money, what with targeted kids either not caring or not even knowing who the actors are.Īnd if it's supposed to draw adults who will recognize the names, I just don't know anyone who will be sold on a "featuring the voices of" ad tag line. When it comes to animated movies, I've never understood the near uniform studio decision to use well-known performers in the voice roles.
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After all, life is too short to spend any more effort than that on a movie that even the releasing studio knows isn't any good (which is why they hid it from reviewers before its release). OUR TAKE: 3.5 out of 10 Our reviewing policy for films that aren't shown in advance to critics is that we'll only provide a paragraph or two about the film's artistic merits or, more accurately, lack thereof. And with the help of his puffin henchmen, he's getting close to doing just that.Īfter being abducted by otters Leopold (voice of OMAR SY) and Bertha (voice of HEIDI KLUM), Swifty eventually figures out the plan and gets his friends to join him to help stop Otto before it's too late.
Little does Swifty or Jade know that he's using her creations to help build an enormous drill he plans to use to release ancient gas from deep inside Earth, all to melt all of the arctic snow. When not longing for that job, Swifty has a thing for red fox Jade (voice of HEIDI KLUM), the engineer there, but can't get up the courage to tell her how he really feels about her.īut he'll do anything for her, including delivering a package far, far away to Otto Von Walrus (voice of JOHN CLEESE), an engineer who's created a huge robotic crab-like contraption in which he rides to get around more easily. Until then, he works alongside PB the polar bear (voice of ALEC BALDWIN) and Lemmy the albatross (voice of JAMES FRANCO) in the sorting room for Magda (voice of ANJELICA HUSTON), the stern Russian caribou who runs the operation. And for that, they're considered heroes of sorts, especially to arctic fox Swifty (voice of JEREMY RENNER) who idolizes Duke and one day wants to join their ranks. PLOT: In the small arctic town of Taigaville, the only connection the talking animals who live there have with the outside world is through the mail and package delivery done by Duke (voice of MICHAEL MADSEN) and his fellow "top dog" sled-pullers. QUICK TAKE: Computer-Animated Comedy: An arctic fox enlists the help of his friends to stop a villainous walrus from unleashing ancient gases that will melt the Arctic and turn him into the ruler of the world.
This film was not screened in advance for reviewers. NOTE: The following is an unedited version of our final review that may contain spelling, grammatical, and/or factual errors. (2019) (voices of Jeremy Renner, Heidi Klum) (PG)
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