The Bad Guys

“Good is no fun at all.”

7.5

2022

1h 40m

FamilyComedyCrimeAdventureAnimationAction

Director: Pierre Perifel

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Overview

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

Trailer

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Cast

Wolf (voice)

Sam Rockwell

Wolf (voice)

Snake (voice)

Marc Maron

Snake (voice)

Tarantula (voice)

Awkwafina

Tarantula (voice)

Shark (voice)

Craig Robinson

Shark (voice)

Piranha (voice)

Anthony Ramos

Piranha (voice)

Professor Marmalade (voice)

Richard Ayoade

Professor Marmalade (voice)

Diane Foxington (voice)

Zazie Beetz

Diane Foxington (voice)

Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Alex Borstein

Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Tiffany Fluffit (voice)

Lilly Singh

Tiffany Fluffit (voice)

Old Lady (voice)

Barbara Goodson

Old Lady (voice)

Museum Announcer / Diane's A.I. Assistant (voice)

Dina Morrone

Museum Announcer / Diane's A.I. Assistant (voice)

Delivery Driver / Museum Guest 1 (voice)

Michael Godere

Delivery Driver / Museum Guest 1 (voice)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

The "Bad Guys" make the most secure location look like a candy store, and they tease the hapless police chief "Luggins" who seems incapable - despite having gazillions of officers - to catch them. Enter the new governor "Foxington" who basically ridicules them, declaims their achievement and provokes them into pulling the ultimate crime - the theft of the golden dolphin. What now ensues is an "Ocean's 5" style logistics exercise as the five of them carefully plan the theft. The trophy is to be presented to the icon of decency "Professor Marmalade" but is he quite who he seems? Is the governor? These films are a bit ten-a-penny, and this one isn't really very special. The dialogue is entertainingly quick-fire now and again (especially the snake and the piranha); "Weaps" - the extra nimble taratunla provides the gadgetry and the animation is efficient with plenty of action once the film gets moving. The ending, though, is daft and hurried and who knew there were so many millions of guinea pigs in the world!? I saw this on my own on a big screen, but I think this will do just as well on the television.

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edu2703

I really enjoyed the movie. It's funny, the action scenes are very well done, the characters are charming, the dialogues are excellent and the animation style, in a mix of 2D and 3D, is the icing on the cake to complete an (almost) perfect animation. 'Almost' because the plot was pretty average. It's interesting and even brings a nice message, but I think it lacked a little more development, especially in making the movie more unpredictable. Halfway through the movie you already knew who the villain was and how the movie was going to end. They even added multiple 'twists' to make the story more unpredictable, but almost all of them were far-fetched and failed to surprise me. Despite that, this movie was a breath of originality from Dreamworks after a decade of bland animations. I'll give it a solid 8.

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Chris Sawin

It’s a shame that the story isn’t nearly as appealing as the animation in _The Bad Guys_. The film is smart and funny with slick animation. _The Bad Guys_ is a delightful heist that you crave to be a part of. **Full review:** https://hubpages.com/entertainment/The-Bad-Guys-2022-Review-A-Visually-Stylish-Animated-Caper

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