Review of Storks (2016) by Nateed — 31 Jul 2021

First off, I want to start with a positive: the voice cast. Everyone does an amazing job voicing their characters. I would say that this is the highlight of the movie. It was also great to see an actual voice actor in the lead role.

A big problem with a lot of these modern animated movies is that studios go with bigger names who don't have much experience in the field of voice acting. So I was really happy to see Katie Crown in a lead role and do such an amazing job.

Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key are also such fun in their roles and give such life to Beta and Alpha. The world-building in this movie was quite nice as well. The colorful and bright animation contributes to that aspect a lot.

Stork Mountain and the Cornerstore warehouse are also very imaginative and have lots of fun components to them. Nicholas Stoller deserves some credit for that because he came up with a very fun story.

Although, his writing wasn't perfect. The biggest problem I had with Storks is how it handled its characters, two characters specifically. First off we have Junior who is a great character and had a lot of fun quips and jokes.

However, I feel that his character development felt a little rushed and unfocused. For instance, Junior starts off getting offered the role of boss and he's excited about it. Then they start to give clues that he is not really sure why he wants to be boss which was a great setup for a new endeavor.

However, we never get to see what happened to him or even dialogue explaining his next step forward. It makes it even worse that he is one of the main characters. The other character I had a problem with is Pigeon Toady who I found to have the worst overarching story out of all the characters.

His goals and actions feel so random and they don't have a strong set-up. Pigeon Toady becoming the villain felt like it came out of nowhere. I think the main problem with that is of course the writing, but also the short runtime that is under 90 minutes.

I would have loved for the movie to have been a bit longer to flesh out the characters a bit more. Even though the writing and directing could have been a bit better, I found Storks to be very enjoyable.

With its fun humor, interesting story, and stellar voice cast, Storks will definitely treat viewers to an exciting and entertaining adventure. Read more reviews like this at postcreditreviews.