The Film Reports

Rating 5/5

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The thing about Pixar films is that they always have a very simple plot line. Storks is about (you guessed it) storks and their “upgrade” into a retail company after a mishap with handling babies. This mishap ended in the breaking of the carrier, which has the address info, and the orphaning of the baby, Tulip (Katie Crown) who grows into a wannabe-stork.

So years later, Tulip has grown up and is getting into general mayhem as the only human on Stork Mountain. The other main character, Junior (Andy Samberg!!), is in line to be promoted to Boss of Stork Mountain and his first task – to fire the incompetent human. As I said, general mayhem, which results in a unauthorized child. Junior reasons that if they go and deliver the baby quickly, nobody will know and he will still get promoted.

The storytelling is cleeean. It’s really easy to get invested in the story, with the characters because you spend so much time with them. Tulip and Junior are essentially the stereotypical pairing in literally any, and every movie made. Tulip is upbeat, and optimistic. Junior is pragmatic and absolutely focused on getting that promotion. Their pairing is obviously great. And while there are some subplots, the film doesn’t spend too much time on them – and they join together beautifully.

Another thing I appreciated about this film is that it is so funny. I don’t watch this genre of film very often but I was genuinely laughing out loud throughout the film. It’s definitely child-appropriate as well, but it doesn’t feel childish. You could easily watch this with a child and enjoy yourself as much as them.

I really liked this film, and I think there’s enough going on that it will keep audiences entertained and surprised. It also doesn’t hurt that the animation is beautiful.

Watch it: this is a very peaceful film, watch it on Sundays.