Film Review – Mr. Peabody & Sherman

The Mr. Peabody and Sherman shorts from producer Jay Ward were a highlight of “The Bullwinkle Show” and “Rocky and his Friends,” charming audiences of all ages in the 1960s with misadventures through “Peabody’s Improbable History.” Armed with wry wit and finger-snap timing, the animated segments were silly and swift, embracing the cartoon dog’s supergenius and his adoptive son’s goofy naiveté. Taking something meant to play out in full in five minutes and inflating it to 90 minutes creates quite a challenge for the producers of the CG-animated effort, “Mr. Peabody & Sherman.” Unable to replicate sublime brevity, they overload with exposition and characters, while exhaustively Seth MacFarlane-izing the jokes to a point where the big screen version barely resembles its small screen inspiration. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com