'Epic'
U; Animation
Director: Chris Wedge
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell,u00a0Beyonce Knowles, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz
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Director Chris Wedge, who made the first 'Ice Age' film and the voice of Scrat seems to be chasing the illusive box office acorn because everything about Epic has the musty whiff of stale storytelling. The film chronicles a teenager (Amanda Seyfried) who moves in with her estranged mad scientist dad (Jason Sudeikis) after the death of her mother. The dad has ruined his career by being obsessed with searching for a colony of fairy-like creatures in the nearby woods. The kid’s disappointment in her dad quickly gives way when she walks into the forest and is shrunken down to size after being handed a task to help save the people of the woods. It could all be a major psychological breakdown but seeing as this is a kids’ film we’re forced to believe the legitimacy of the rabbit hole.

A still from 'Epic'