Review of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) by Danielward7 — 30 Oct 2014

Mr Peabody (or if you’re a young Sherman, Peababba) and Sherman is an amazing animation directed by Rob Minkoff. It’s about an intelligent dog that adopts a boy and travels not only the world together, but travel in time to different historical eras like Egypt. Sherman goes to school for the first time and gets into a fight with a girl called Penny. Sherman bites her in defence and Penny and her parents are forced to Mr. Peabody's place to get along and see if he has a suitable environment for Sherman.

The main story begins when Sherman shows Penny the Way Back. They go to Egypt and Penny stays there. So Mr Peabody is forced to go there to retrieve Penny.

Peabody and Sherman retrieve Penny and they are forced to Florence, Italy as the Way Back runs out of power. They go to Leonardo for help and send them on their way. They then encounter a black hole and are forced into the Trojan War. After an attempt to save Penny, Peabody goes over a cliff with the wooden Trojan. Sherman and Penny think Mr. Peabody dies so they continue back to present time; however they create a hole in time. As there are doubles of Sherman, Mr. Peabody finds his own way back (He didn't die). So time forces both of the Sherman's together and the Peabody's. The sky opens up and all of the historical people (Abraham Lincoln, Einstein and more). By travelling so fast into the past, they finally reset the present and everything goes back to normal.

This animation is great for both kids and adults. And the huge amount of puns make this animation very enjoyable to watch and the historical moments that kids may not be able to relate to make it very enjoyable for the adults as well. It is very entertaining and worth the money to buy. To me it’s one of those movies that can be watched over and over again. Sure the puns and jokes may be old, however they were used wisely and at the right time. Minkoff does use well known historical events, however movies aren't always meant for educational purposes, nor detailed events, however during this film it would give children knowledge of certain events that have happened in our past. And for a child, all they really need to know is the basics and that it actually happened, which Minkoff has done with creativity and in an entertaining way. I've always enjoyed watching animations, and when I watched this one it become my favourite. The movie focused on the father-son relationship between Peabody and Sherman, and this was consistent throughout the film. It showed the relationship difficulties throughout, which gave some viewers something to relate to. In a way it was a bit like Brave in the sense of relationships of the characters, how Merida and her mother had different opinions and difficulties to overcome. All round this was a very entertaining movie and every minute was enjoyable.