Review of Osmosis Jones (2001) by Quentin R — 02 Sep 2012
Viewed on 23/6/04 (Wed).
This is a great educational movie on your body and bad eating habits. All done in the good old fashion of a buddy cop movie. Imagine an ailing body is a badly-run city. The cells are the city people, the veins are the expressways, the brain is the city hall etc I cannot even begin to describe how imaginative the animation is. Oh it is semi-animation 'cos the body belongs to Bill Murray and the story goes beyond his body to show how Bill's daughter try to talk him out of eating junk. No, I didn' forget the word 'food'.
Back to the 'insides', yup, it has all the elements of a buddy cop movie. That's why many may dismiss as nothing special; it doesn't help that the film is directed by that pair of brothers who give us There's Something About Mary.
They don't know what they are missing. I think the brothers want to do something that is not just funny but actually means something, starting from this movie. I love Shallow Hal and I find Stuck On You heartwarming. This one too, and, take it from me, these brothers know what is saccharinity and they won't give us any.
The movie is not only imaginative but very witty and funny. There is a statue of a sperm in the 'City Hall' and the words, "The Founder". The arrival hall is the stomach, a virus is like an illegal immigrant, a cold pill is like a welcome VIP etc. Here I go again! And did I begin to talk about the very clever lines? A catharsis of pure wit!
I don't really fancy Chris Rock but his voice is boyishly cute here. Oh, songbird Brandy is in too!
It's just too bad that that year Oscar doesn't have Best Animation.... (long sigh).
Rating: A.
This review of Osmosis Jones (2001) was written by Quentin R on 02 Sep 2012.
Osmosis Jones has generally received mixed reviews.
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