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| 2001 |
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Rated: PG for bodily humor |
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Genre: Animated/live-action adventure |
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Directed By: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Piet Kroon, Tom Sito |
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Running Time: 1:28 |
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by: Felix Vasquez Jr. |
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Review Date: |
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary - 1. PIET
KROON AND TOM SITO-ANIMATION DIRECTORS
2. Producer
3. Writer
Additional Scenes
Bonus Features: 1. BEHIND THE SCENES
2. BEHIND THE SCENES OF VOICE SESSIONS
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
DVD-ROM |
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OSMOSIS JONES |
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In the movie, Frank (Bill Murray
Stripes, Caddyshack) is a mega-slob who really
doesn't care how he lives, but there lies a world in that greasy oily body of his. When he
eats a hard-boiled egg that dropped on the floor, he accidentally eats a lethal Tony
Montana-esque germ by the name of Thrax (Laurence Fishburne The Matrix). Now, a white blood cell
named Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock SNL, Head of State) and a cold pill named Drix (David-Hyde Pierce
Frasier) must stop
the germ from killing Frank. But can they catch him in time?
This is a good flick. First
off we'll start with the animation. The animation is basically simple, with no dazzling or
unique aspects but it holds off pretty good and provides alot of fun. We get educational
techniques without it actually being educational. The way that the animators make these
different body parts into clubs, streets, and police stations are very imaginative and
genius. I may be jumping the gun a bit, but that's how I feel. I think they used the same
technique in this as they used for "The Iron Giant" where they place a computer
character in with regular animation. Drix is computerized, while the other characters
aren't. Nice job. I loved the colors and scenes, and they're all played off very well.
The
actors seem to hold their ground in this one, but all of them are outshun by Chris Rock
and his character which is basically the life of this flick. Without him, this is just
another animated flick. He seems to make all the other characters seem like lightweights.
David- Hyde Pierce uses his ineptitude well with his character Drix and is hilarious.
William Shatner was also a great character as the spineless mayor of Frank's body who only
seemed to care about re-election and not health. Look for a voice cameo by a famous child
star/ Hollywood director as his rival who is striving for good health (I won't
tell you). Laurence Fishburne
is great as the evil Thrax who is very destructive. I thought he was cool. He was a mix of
70's blaxploitation villains with Tony Montana and Tony Soprano. He was very intimidating.
Bill Murray is hilarious as the disgusting slob constantly being badgered by his daughter
to become more healthier. The story plays off as a classroom educational body flick. This
could be shown to a fifth grade class and they would leave knowing alot of the bodily
functions. The story is great and very original.
The problem with this film is that the sub-plot with Bill
Murray is outshun by the main plot with the body. I cared more about The animated
characters than the actual characters. It seemed the directors seemed more focused on
creating a story for the body.
I felt there could have been alot more to Bill Murray's
character and alot more interaction with his daughter. Another problem was when we did see
the plots with Murray, they were really gross. Eck. I was nauseous most of the time he was
onscreen. The plot that almost made me hurl was when his zit popped in the teachers face.
Eck.
I enjoyed it. It's a fun, dumb and gross
comedy that kids will love.

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