Leaving the comfortable environs of Adventure Bay, the whole crew heads to the go-go-go Adventure City, where the moustache-twirling Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo) is set on turning everyone’s lives upside-down. Plot-wise, too, the film is a slight step up from the series’ repetition-heavy antics. But they will also notice that everything in this Paw Patrol world looks shinier, slicker, more expensive. Children will still recognize the young techno-wizard Ryder (voiced by Will Brisbin) and his army of first-responder pets/friends/indentured servants. Everything in this supersized Paw Patrol world is rendered with a genuine attention to detail, yet without losing the familiarity of the characters. Unlike the 44-minute Paw Patrol adventure Ready Race Rescue that was released theatrically in 2019, Paw Patrol: The Movie is a real-deal big-budget animated feature film that, visually speaking, goes far beyond the no-frills CGI of the series’ 11-minute episodes. Courtesy of Spin Master / Paramount via Elevation Pictures In Paw Patrol-ese, it is the Zuma of the franchise: so inoffensive and eager to please that you’ll forget it exists by the time that you finish reading this sentence. It is slightly smarter, slightly funnier, slightly more challenging, and far prettier than a typical episode of the animated small-screen Canadian-made phenomenon. On a scale of one to 10 pups (I realize that we’ve dealt away with stars here at The Globe and Mail, but forgive me this one tress-paw-s), I give it a solid six yelps for help. I can only help prepare you for the inevitable. MOVIE?” – are you really going to answer that it all depends on the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score? You already know if you are destined to watch Paw Patrol: The Movie. Faced with a never-ending volley of questions from your own child – “When can we see the Paw Patrol movie? When can we see the Paw Patrol movie? WHEN. I’m not sure that Paw Patrol: The Movie benefits, or even requires, a review. Featuring the voices of Iain Armitage, Will Brisbin and Jimmy Kimmel.Written by Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen and Billy Frolick.Plan your screen time with the weekly What to Watch newsletter.
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