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Strange World

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6.3/10 • 1.3K

2022-11-231h 42m

AnimationFamilyAdventureScience FictionFantasy

Journey to a place where nothing is as it appears!

A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

Directors
Don Hall

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jake Gyllenhaal

    Jake Gyllenhaal

    Searcher Clade (voice)

  2. Dennis Quaid

    Dennis Quaid

    Jaeger Clade (voice)

  3. Jaboukie Young-White

    Jaboukie Young-White

    Ethan Clade (voice)

  4. Gabrielle Union

    Gabrielle Union

    Meridian Clade (voice)

  5. Lucy Liu

    Lucy Liu

    Callisto Mal (voice)

  6. Alan Tudyk

    Alan Tudyk

    Narrator / Radio Host 1 / Duffle (voice)

  7. Jonathan Melo

    Jonathan Melo

    Diazo (voice)

  8. Abraham Benrubi

    Abraham Benrubi

    Lonnie Redshirt (voice)

  9. Karan Soni

    Karan Soni

    Caspian (voice)

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CinemaSerf

Nov 23, 2022

6/10

The last fifteen minutes or so do redeem this to a certain extent, but otherwise it is a curiously disjointed story that seems drawn from "Island at the Top of the World" (1974) with bits of "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" (1959) and "The Lost World" (1960) thrown in for good measure. We start with the legendary explorer "Jaeger Clade" who is determined to find a way past the enclosing mountain peaks of their community. Like many a father, he drags along his unwilling son and when things come to an head, he proceeds alone leaving the younger man "Searcher" with his newly discovered crop of radioactive Brussels sprouts. Twenty-five years pass, and he has now grown up and successfully developed a farm of these particularly useful vegetables. He even has his own statue! Suddenly, though, the plants start to die and it falls to him and his own young son "Ethan" to embark on a perilous mission to the heart of the plant's root system and save it before it dies. These escapades are nicely and creatively animated with some fun to be had along the way, but there is simply too much sentiment, familial discord and cheesy dialogue to sustain this - as well as a dog that really annoys after a while. The characterisations are really undercooked and just about every box you can imagine is ticked as the story ultimately concludes with a bit of a nod to Oriental mythology. It is certainly watchable, but there is no need to shell out on a cinema ticket for it. Disney+ will do fine in due course when you can safely leave the kids to watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$180,000,000.00
Revenue
$73,621,640.00
Keywords
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