The Bad Guys
Published 2022-05-07
Film info
- Title The Bad Guys
- Director Pierre Perifel
- Year 2022
- Run time 1hr 40m
- Genres Action, Crime, Animation, Comedy, Family
- Tagline Good is no fun at all
- Cast Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Richard Ayoade
Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys - dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master-of-disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused muscle Mr. Piranha, and sharptongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka Webs. But when, after years of countless heists and being the world's most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal (that he has no intention of keeping) to save them all from prison: The Bad Guys will go good.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:29 | OMG, the funky music is over the Universal logo. No boom boom! |
| 4:01 | "Imagine Houdini but with no arms." |
| 9:02 | "Yea, we may be bad, but we're so good at it. |
| 12:38 | Did she just say Goodest Citizen? |
| 15:06 | Richard Ayoade as a guinea pig, obvs. |
| 23:57 | "The pig is on the move." |
| 32:37 | Rupert Marmalade III. Adorable. |
| 38:55 | Tsunami of guinea pigs! |
| 50:56 | I mean, look, I know it's a cartoon, but I'm calling shenanigans on a snake playing the bass. |
| 1:00:36 | "It felt, you know... uh, good." I love the way he said that. |
| 1:03:58 | Loving the ninja fox. |
| 1:09:10 | Lipstick blow torch actually made me jump. |
| 1:16:12 | One of those unnecessarily slow ways to kill someone off. |
| 1:18:08 | "Ooh, she just keeps getting cooler." |
| 1:24:08 | HE'S GONNA SPEED IT UP. |
Thoughts
I've heard good things about this movie and after an exhausting day it was exactly the right vibe to watch - although it didn't quite live up to the high expectations. It really took a while to get going, even with the understanding that you have to spend some time introducing characters and whatnot. It did gradually get better though, and I love a good heist movie so those elements of it were fun. But I guess it just wasn't quite as good as some other animations we've seen so I could take it or leave it.
Rating: 2 / 5