Jeri Jacquin
Coming to Bluray from director David Soren and 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment is a tale of two friends and their new pal
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS.
Best buddies George (Kevin Hart) and Harold (Thomas
Middleditch) are in the fourth grade at Jerome Horwitz
Elementary School
The two also have managed to create a superhero called
Captain Underpants who basically wears only a cap and – well – his underpants
while fighting crime. Using their treehouse as their home office for Treehouse
Comix Inc., the boys sell their stories to their friends.
When a prank goes wrong and they are ratted out, George and
Harold end up in Principal Krupp’s office. Thinking that separating the boys
into different classrooms will stop their antics, the boys discover that using
a Hypno Ring from a cereal box has transformed Krupp into their Captain
Underpants.
Figuring out that water and snapping fingers brings him back
and forth, the boys also realize that they need to put their superhero into
Krupps’ principal role before anyone finds out. When a scientist named
Professor P. (Nick Kroll) arrives and Krupp aka Captain Underpants hires him to
teach, George and Harold see something weird going on.
The boys begin to make changes around the school with the
help of the “principal” but it is Professor Pee-Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants,
Esq. that’s up to no good. Wanting to take over the town, it is up to George,
Harold and Captain Underpants to puts things right again. When that’s done the
boys must decide if their new superhero must stay or go.
In the meantime it’s Tra-la-LAAAAAA!
Hart and Middleditch are such an amazing pair playing George
and Harold. They vocally play off of each other and it is absolutely seamless.
I love the way they speak to one another and as an adult I giggle like a kid.
That’s what makes this film so cool – you certainly don’t have to be a kid to
enjoy the fun.
Helms as Captain Underpants is hilarious and every time he
says ‘tra-la-laaaaa’ I join in. That gets stuck in your head but in a great way
as if you think ‘where can I use this phrase’ and trust me, I’ve thought of a
lot of situations where that fantastic tune can be used.
Kroll as Professor P. has serious issues yet even being
vertically challenged and a head of hair curlier than Shirley Temple, he gives
funny line delivery.
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CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS The First Epic Movie contains 30+ minutes of Bluray & DVD Special
Features such as The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants Motion Comic,
The Captain Underpants Guide to Being a Hero, The Professor Poopypants (Totally
Original and Supercool) Guide to Being a Villain, Missing Underpants: Deleted
Scenes, Captain Underpants Lyric Video by “Weird Al” Yankovic, “A Friend Like
You: Lyric Video by Andy Grammer, Kevin Hart and Ed Helms Surprise Fans and so much more!
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS is so much fun and a family film meant
for everyone. The animation is epic, brilliant and vivid. There is something
about this form of animation that just captures every part of the Captain
Underpants story in such a way that fans will watch the story again and again.
Remember, this is the Captains FIRST Epic Movie.
Prepare to take flight with a superhero like no other and
his sidekicks who are hilarious. George and Harold are two young boys who are
rambunctious, silly, creative and very, very smart. They are also two young
boys who have a friendship that is strong and not about to be broken by any ole
principal!
In the end – fifty percent hero and 100% cotton!
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