Review of Ribbit (2014) by Kevin R — 24 Mar 2015

My daughter purchased this movie on DVD when we were visiting family in the US. I had never heard of it, as it had never made an appearance here in England. Now I have to wonder if it was released straight to DVD even in America because it hasn't had many reviews or sparked much attention on the internet.

I can easily see why Ribbit failed to create much of a hubbub. I am struggling to recall any scenes that made an impression. It seemed to pass me by in a some technicolor blur of frog-legs and flying squirrels. I can remember chuckling at Deepak, the Indian-voiced bat. I also remember being very irritated that the main character, Ribbit, was portrayed with teeth. This was most confusing to my kids, who are both quite aware that frogs have no teeth in reality.

The synopsis is simply that Ribbit wants to find others of his kind. He doesn't believe that he is meant to be in the rain forest, and so he sets off with his friend/love interest, Sandy the Flying Squirrel, to find himself.

It's as weird as it sounds. I have, however, seen much worse. I wasn't surprised to find that Tim Curry was involved, but I'm a bit surprised at Sean Astin. Perhaps he's just really fond of frogs (with teeth).