This is another visually beautiful but sadly derivative movie. Maybe I put too much emphasis on copycats, but you could at least try to make your movie less exactly like Fern Gully.Mary Katherine (Amanda Seyfried), or MK as she prefers to be known, has come to live with her dad after her mother's death. He is obsessed with finding a race of advanced tiny men who live in the forest. MK thinks he's an idiot until she accidentally sees one while looking for her dog. Queen Tara (Beyoncé Knowles) is dying and her powers have been put into a seed bud that must bloom in the light of a full moon on a solstice or the forest will die. She shrinks MK and entrusts the pod to her. The Leafmen, led by Ronan (Colin Farrell), must protect her from the evil Mandrake (Christoph Waltz) who wants to use the pod to destroy the forest.
It's less overtly environmentalist than Fern Gully since the message here is more about realizing that you're never completely out on your own as long as you have family. It's a cute movie and, once again, Chris O'Dowd lets his comedic talents out full tilt. It's a much better fit as a cartoon snail than as a manager of a girl group in the middle of the Vietnam War.
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