One of the best family movies in ages is struggling at the box office.
For me, the two most entertaining and funniest have beenThe LEGO Batman MovieandCaptain Underpants.
Still, Warner Bros marketing machine is busy selling DVDs right now to right that wrong.
But the underperformance ofCaptain Underpantsis borderline criminal.
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But it doesnt seem to have worked.
Thats grossed 40m and counting in the UK so far.
Captain Underpants, meanwhile, has no chance of getting one as things stand.
I firmly believe its incumbent on websites such as these to go into bat for films that deserve better.
All of them and me laughed their proverbial socks off.
We started laughing at the start, we were still going be the end.
A family audience, genuinely laughing at the same thing.
No need to layer in an overt adult reference joke.
The core gags proved more than capable.
It was interesting too just what they my kids laughing at.
This wasnt a film found in the edit, or that was lifted by production improvisation.
Something bothered to absolutely nail the script first.
And lord, can you tell.
Even beyond that, though, theres a stylised animation style that just fits the adaptation perfectly.
Director David Soren previously put together DreamWorks AnimationsTurbo.
Here, even more so.
But as this is being written, the films worldwide gross worldwide is $95m.
Granted, lots of films out there dont get the box office they deserve.
The difference right now is that theres still something we can do about this one.
Its a real treat.
