Movie Review: The Son of Bigfoot 5-30-18
Preteen Adam Harrison is being bullied by his schoolmates for his long unruly hair and large feet. After discovering lost letters from his supposedly 'dead' father, Adam leaves home and discovers something big in the woods: His father is alive, and it's none other than the legendary Bigfoot! Adam also discovers that he can talk to animals, and befriends a bear named Wilbur, a squirrel named Tina, a woodpecker named Steve, and two raccoons named Trapper and Weecha. When a hair testing company captures Bigfoot, it's up to Adam and his animal friends to rescue him.
As some of you may or may not know, The Son of Bigfoot was produced by the same studio that did The Wild Life, a Belgian CGI film that retold the story of Robinson Crusoe through the eyes of the animals. The film got rather negative reviews when it was released in the US, and if you ask me, they look like they came from Blue Sky's Rio.
I don't hate The Wild Life like how other people do, but it does have decent animation for a European animated film.
Now what did I think of The Son of Bigfoot? Well, I actually enjoyed it! For starters, the animation, while not Disney or Pixar quality, puts lesser American CGI films like Free Birds, Norm of the North, and The Emoji Movie to shame.
The soundtrack, produced by the band Puggy, is also outstanding. Just listen to this song and tell me it doesn't sound awesome!
If I were to complain about one thing, I feel the story is a bit weak, and some of the characters could've been fleshed out a bit more.
In conclusion, The Son of Bigfoot is both enjoyable and forgettable, but I would definitely choose it over the lesser animated films of 2017. I'm sorry that I keep saying this, but 2017 was a very rough year for animated movies.
Rating: 3 and a half stars out of 5.
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