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Review: ‘Storks’ offers comical take on baby drops story

Masajeng Rahmiasri (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, September 21, 2016

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Review: ‘Storks’ offers comical take on baby drops story A scene from "Storks", slated to premiere in local cinemas on Sept. 23. (Warner Bros. Pictures/File)

Warner Bros. Pictures is back with a 3D animated movie about family relationships.

Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Neighbors), Storks is set in a world where white storks of mega company Cornerstore conduct the job they excel at—delivering things to people. Junior (Andy Samberg), the number one stork courier, is about to be promoted as the boss of the company. Yet, he is faced with an obstacle: getting rid of an orphan human named Tulip (Katie Corner) who always brings trouble to the storks whenever she in fact trying to help.

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Tulip is the only human in Cornerstore. She was accidentally taken into the mountains right before the firm stopped doing its original job: delivering babies to humans. Now that she is 18-years-old, Cornerstone boss Hunter (Kelsey Grammer) wants to send her back into the human society, which left Junior troubled as he does not have the heart to do so. In the midst of all the events, a lonely human boy sends a letter, asking the storks to deliver a baby to his house.

As a 90-minute film designated to suit all ages, Warner Bros. Pictures obviously tried to make the movie light: characters staying true to their traits, no complex villains and comical and funny animations—although not entirely free of violence. However, some of the jokes may have made the movie feel as if it was progressing very slowly. (kes)

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