This was supposed to go up yesterday but I had friends over within pandemic-approved strictures. We had mulled wine and apple cake and it was very autumnal so I didn't want to ruin it by dashing off to write this post about a movie that is not smart, funny, or fun, no matter what the box art says.Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell) is a genius dog who adopted a boy, Sherman (Max Charles), and built a time machine called the WABAC. Sherman gets into a fight at school with bully Penny (Ariel Winter) so Mr. Peabody invites her and her parents for a dinner party to smooth things over. Penny antagonizes Sherman into showing her the WABAC and the two children promptly test the elasticity of the space-time continuum.
This is a regrettably stupid movie. It would have been nice if the filmmakers had managed to incorporate any non-Euro-centric history, or even portray those eras correctly, but instead it's a rip-off of Bill and Ted without the charm, wit, or humor. What a waste of top-notch animation. It's currently streaming on Netflix but I assure you, you can do better than this.
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