Ferdinand

Bullies in pulpits. Bullies in schools. Bullies on Twitter. Bullies in the news.

2676d ago

Ferdinand is a forgettable family flick.

2676d ago

The mediocre Ferdinand mostly fails to bring a beloved kid-lit bestseller to life.

2676d ago

Ferdinand (John Cena) is the biggest, strongest bull around but, rather than fight for glory in the arena, he'd much rather spend his days with Nina (Lily Day), tending the flowers. Captured by a bull farm, he's forced to choose between fighting matadors or the chop house.

2676d ago

Ferdinand carves out a small place for itself in the “just okay” subgroup of modern day kids movies.

2676d ago

Ferdinand, the new computer-animated adaptation from Carlos Saldanha (the “Ice Age” movies), speaks to its own time in a different way, dutifully adhering to the template for contemporary children’s films while avoiding much personality or distinction.

2676d ago

John Cena makes for a formidable Ferdinand in this CG take on the not-so-cocky bull story.

2676d ago

Any potential subtext of Munro Leaf's children's book has been bleached out in the marketplace-oriented Ferdinand.

2676d ago

With a lovely voice performance from Cena, the spirit of Ferdinand does shine through. But the rest of the story filler is mostly forgettable.

2676d ago

Ferdinand doesn’t really do justice to its evergreen and far less cluttered source material, but if the matinee of Coco’s sold out, you could do worse than this presumably PETA-approved animation.

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