Film Review – Fixed

There haven’t been many animated pictures made for adult audiences, but director Genndy Tartakovsky is the right person for the job. While he’s been building industry cred with his work on the first three “Hotel Transylvania” movies, the helmer has always shown interest in more mature visuals and hard-edged storytelling, as seen recently in his series, “Primal.” There’s nothing sophisticated about his latest, “Fixed,” but Tartakovsky is absolutely committed to providing an R-rated viewing experience for fans of crude cartoon adventures, making sure this study of a dog trying to save himself from being neutered deals directly with all kinds of canine behavior. “Fixed” wins on energy, offering a traditionally animated tour of coarse happenings and strange characters, and while laughs are limited, Tartakovsky is clearly having a ball (or two) with this tribute to animal activity and human-like neuroses. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com