Review of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) by Axel D — 28 Aug 2012

"The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" is a modern epic. It fully captures the ethos of Lovelyloveville with its stunning cinematography, beautiful choreography and heavy use of animal puppetry.

Zoozie, Toofie and Goobie, three romantically involved oogieloves, are planning a surprise birthday party for their friend, a verbally-challenged androgynous pillow, Schluufy. When vacuum/father J. Edgar loses the only five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville, Zoozie, Toofie and Goobie, clearly modeled after the great Greek heroes, set off on a magical voyage with their wisecracking fish Ruffy to find them.

Excellent turns by Chazz Palminteri and Cary Elwes highlight this journey, especially Elwes. I believe an Academy Award is in store for Mr. Elwes, who portrays a down-on-his-luck cowboy, Bobby Wobbly, who likes bubbles and wobbling.

I also highly recommend seeing it in IMAX. However, make sure you leave your children at home, for they will most likely make noise and distract the other patrons from this seminal experience. 5 stars/10 out of 10/Thumb up/Fresh/A+.