{"id":1458676,"date":"2023-12-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/?p=1458676"},"modified":"2023-12-28T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T13:55:55","slug":"migration-review-a-hilarious-family-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/reviews\/1458676-migration-review-a-hilarious-family-adventure","title":{"rendered":"Migration Review: A Hilarious Family Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I went into Migration<\/a><\/strong> with no expectations. The first announcement teaser<\/a> rubbed me the wrong way with how heavily it relied on using clips from Illumination’s other movies, i.e., Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets, and The Super Mario Bros Movie. The song they used was Pharrell Williams’s “Just a Cloud Away,” a song written for Despicable Me 2. Whenever a movie markets the IP more than the story, it sets my expectations low (case in point, the final The Marvels trailer<\/a>). Therefore, you can imagine my surprise when I ended up loving this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never thought I would see the year when I would like an Illumination movie more than anything that Disney, Pixar, or DreamWorks would have to offer. When it comes to this year’s animated movies, we’ve had Wish, Elemental, Trolls Band Together, and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Nothing those three studios created this year gave me the amount of laughs and joy that I had during Migration. When I started belly-laughing during the opening scene, I knew I was in for something surprisingly funny. The opening reminded me of The Croods, which featured a father telling a horrifying story to his children. This one does that concept very well, and I found myself laughing just as much as the kids in the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The premise surrounds a family of mallards who convince their overprotective father, Mack (Kumail Nanjiani), to let them migrate to Jamaica. The concept opens itself up to the quintessential road trip hijinks. Unlike most road trip movies, Migration follows our ducks flying through New York City and going through an unpredictable series of antics. What can I say? I had a blast with this movie. It’s actually a hilarious adventure that the whole family can enjoy. While it won’t be as commercially successful as Illumination’s other movie from this year (The Super Mario Bros Movie), this is a funnier, better-written film that tells its own story and has fun with the concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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