#STORKS by Warner Bros. Pictures Flys into American Cinemas September 23, 2016 Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates
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Some of the best reasons for going to the pictures are an escape from reality, and to step into the reality of a fantasy: namely, Junior's! Poor Junior is trying to climb the ladder of Corporate Stork-erica and like many people, has a tough boss to make happy: Hunter (Kelsey Grammer-We LOVE CHEERS it made us move to Boston!) and tasks that seem impossible to accomplish. You know the motto: always deliver.
People in Manhattan really get that.
Those that work for Amazon should be particularly entertained by their brand: cornerstore.com and its factory, which is NOT for making babies and delivering them, which is what you might think it would be for since they are storks, after all.
Warner Bros. hits the high marks with characters that are larger than life and completely exaggerated which only adds to the appeal, and our personal favorite is the green pigeon: Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman you silly goose how can we not find you on Twitter?), who epitomizes hilarious. If you're going to watch a movie about talking birds, some of them should be pretty funny and this one is. Of course, children everywhere should be entertained, including the Peachy-aged children.
While pigeon spells ha-ha, poor Tulip is the pure definition of annoying. We must say she is "cast" quite well from her fashion faux pas boots to her questionable taste in naming (Diamond Destiny?!) ultimately to her voice which sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard to us when she whined out one of her many trials and tribulations.
Also, Storks is a salute to red hair like we have never seen before, and it out-reds Disney's Brave.
In their delivery escapade, Junior and Tulip need Sully in a big way; we wonder where these two went to flight school-but their pilot lack-of-talents certainly add to the entertainment factor and they are not trying to land on the Hudson.
Next to pigeon, the wolves steal the show. We adored them and their chatty banter which will make you want to become one of the pack.
One of our favorite aspects of Storks was the ability of the wolfpack to immediately transform on command to be a bridge, boat, submarine and an innumerable measure of other vehicles and talents with military precision on command! We wanted to stand up and applaud at each new formation and if we had dogs we'd want them to behave just like that (as long as they did not eat our shoes.)
Intertwined with the deliveries of Junior and Tulip is a wish a little boy has for a baby brother with ninja skills.
But you don't always get what you ask for in life!
Producer Brad Lewis states: "One of the themes of the movie is family. And what's nice about that is family comes in all shapes and sizes. It's who your friends are, the people you love and surround yourself with. Any relationship or set of relationships can be your family, and this just offers a prism through which that can be seen."
Jennifer Aniston has always impressed us, and here she plays the mom; what spot-on casting!
She was previously applauded for We're the Millers:
and Horrible Bosses 2:
The film was directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland.
"I feel this movie will play to people of all ages," says Sweetland. "It's silly and inventive. It's visually fun, and it's sort of a one-two punch when it comes to the story. You follow Junior from being completely self-obsessed and career-driven to having this awakening about what really matters-family, connection to others, doing for others rather than just doing for yourself-and he beings to recognize his true potential."
"Our hope is that people will laugh all the way through and then be surprised that they're a little moved too," Stoller concludes. "That's the goal with all my movies- that people will go expecting a good time and a lot fun, and will leave with a little something extra, because I think that's the best that movies can do."
Finally, remember, birds don't see glass!
Storks flies into theaters in three short days in the USA!
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet retail giant Cornerstore.com. Junior (Andy Samberg), the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when the Baby Factory is accidentally activated on his watch, producing an adorable – and wholly unauthorized – baby girl.
Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby drop, in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks’ true mission in the world.
The animated adventure “Storks” stars Andy Samberg (“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Hotel Transylvania”), Katie Crown (“Clarence”), Kelsey Grammer (“Toy Story 2,” “The Simpsons”), Jennifer Aniston (“We’re the Millers,” “Horrible Bosses”), Ty Burrell (“Finding Dory,” “Modern Family”), Keegan-Michael Key (“The Angry Birds Movie,” “Keanu,” “Key & Peele”), Jordan Peele (“Keanu,” “Key & Peele”) and Danny Trejo (“The Book of Life,” “Muppets Most Wanted”).
The film was directed by Nicholas Stoller (“Neighbors,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”; writer, "The Muppets”) and Oscar nominee Doug Sweetland (the animated short “Presto”; supervising animator, “Cars”), from a screenplay written by Stoller.
“Storks” was produced by Brad Lewis (Academy Award-winning “Ratatouille,” “Antz”; co-director, “Cars 2”) and Nicholas Stoller. The executive producers are Glenn Ficarra, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, John Requa and Jared Stern. The film is edited by John Venzon (“Shark Tale,” “Chicken Run”). Music is composed by Mychael Danna (“The Good Dinosaur,” Oscar winner, “Life of Pi”) and Jeff Danna (“The Good Dinosaur”). Animation is by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
“Storks” features new songs “Kiss the Sky,” performed by Jason Derulo, and “Holdin’ Out,” from The Lumineers.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group, “Storks” will screen in 2D, and in 3D in select theaters on September 23, 2016. It is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
This film is rated PG for mild action and some thematic elements.
