DC League of Super-Pets

DC League of Super-Pets - Review

Once your kid overcomes the Paw Patrol phase, you can stop pretending you're too grown-up to watch cartoons.

I'm always up to a good animation movie and, last week, we decided to go to the movies and watch DC League of Super-Pets. The little one was bothering us for a while to watch it. I wasn't expecting much of the film, I'm not a superhero kind of person, but I liked it. It is a fun movie!

The shelter

At the movie's beginning, most pets from the league are in a shelter. You have an interesting couple of scenes there. The kittens never stay there for long. I got curious to know, in reality, what the stats say about this.

The animals are sad, despite being well treated, and all the shelter workers seem to be fond of them. It is a subtle but important lesson to the viewer.

Lulu

One of the animals in the shelter is Lulu, a guinea pig with no fur, which seems absolutely crazy. Well, she is. Lulu is the big villain in the movie, a funny one.

Also, it took me a while to realize what kind of animal she was. Was I the only one?

Fun, light tone, superhero movie

The movie is not exactly a revolution. There's nothing new about it, but it is fun, and you can have a good time watching.

It is good for kids, but also for you - many jokes are lost for them. I read that it has a lot of swearing. There is none in the Portuguese version (the only one I watched so far). I assume it was a translating choice, so I can't evaluate that.

Is it a good movie?

After reading a couple of reviews, I concluded that people expect too much of kids' movies. They are supposed to provide fun and a good time, not necessarily teach life-changing lessons.

I don't think the movie gives you something new or absolutely unexpected, but I liked and recommend it.

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