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Though John Lasseter has flaws, he made a point recently that hyper-stylized animation can distract from any form of substance. That's exactly the point with this movie, where stylish animation gets in the way of wit.
Not even Genndy Tartakovsky can put the Happy Madison bunch to good use, as what are admittedly an intriguing concept and the cartooniest CG animation of the year are botched by predictable gags, basic scripting, insulting attempts to cash in on Shrek's brand of gross-out humour, musical numbers that bring out the worst of modern music and edginess that has potential and reason but feels out of place in a movie where a sponge sucks up werewolf pee in pure ecstasy.
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