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Superheros are often revered by audiences for providing a beacon of hope when the entire universe seems to be engulfed in darkness. The DC and Marvel universes are well known for their myriad of superheroes, and Disney adds âFlora and Ulyssesâ to the superhero list. Based on the book by Kate DiCamillo, the film brings a new member to the superhero medium with a not so tragic backstory: a squirrel. Despite having great performances, the film is an altogether disarray, suggesting Disneyâs running out of ideas. Â
With a dad (Ben Schwartz) struggling to write his next hit superhero comic book and dealing with her parentsâ separation, Flora (Matilda Lawler) adopts a pessimistic nature and loses hope. She begins to find that spark again when she meets Ulysses, a squirrel with superpowers, and develops a newfound mission to help Ulysses find his path as a superhero. Ulysses is threatened by Officer Miller (Danny Pudi), an
The first drama as a kid that I really, really loved and went crazy for was
Shawshank Redemption. I remember my dad and I loved that movie. I cried during it. And I was so quick to realize and understand how good the acting was, how good the writing was, and how good the directing was. So
Shawshank, in terms of dramas; I’ve probably seen that drama more than any other drama. That’s a movie that, if you have a television, that movie’s on every minute on TBS or something. All the time.
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I love animated movies. I love a Pixar film. I remember I was in the third row in a 3-D screening of this film, and I was sitting next to a grown man. Like, we were both grown men with 3-D glasses, and we were way too close to the screen because those were the only seats left. And after the first eight minutes of this film, I look to my right, and there were so many tears in my friend’s glasses that it was like a cartoon, where goldfish are swimming through. And he looks at me and I’m
Archika Khurana, TNN, Feb 17, 2021, 10.53 PM ISTCritic s Rating: 3.0/5
STORY: Based on the Newbery Award-winning book (Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo), a 10-year old Flora names a squirrel Ulysses after rescuing him. Soon enough she discovers that he has unique superhero powers that take them on an adventurous ride.
REVIEW: ‘Flora & Ulysses’ is the story of an avid comic book fan and a cynical girl, Flora Buckman (Matilda Lawler). Despite the contract, her mother Phyllis (Alyson Hannigan) makes her sign a deal that loosely translates to this: turn her face away from the comics. A feisty Flora avidly follows her superhero’s adventures and lives in her imaginative world. Phyllis is a struggling romance novelist who seems to be in love with her books more than her family. However, Flora always misses her father George (Ben Schwartz) and the superheroes comic scripts he had created that unfortunately couldn’t get published. One day, in the wake