to fly with the boys

​Before Ducks!the feature film itself, there is a short, long one, starring the Minionstitled Lunatic. And when the Universal logo comes, the “duck” music will be heard: another Illumination Studios joke.

The film follows a family of ducks living in New England, with an extremely cautious father, Mack (voiced by Kumail Nanjiani) and a more adventurous mother, Pam (voiced by Elizabeth Banks). The point is, of course, they can’t agree on how to raise their ducklings, teenager Dax (voiced by Caspar Jennings) and Gwen (voiced by Tresi Gazal).

Fearful, Mack has managed to keep his small family trapped in the same pond for generations. Pam struggles with her own desires to fly with her flock (“I want to go out and see the world,” she says) and when a flock of migrating ducks arrives at the family pond, she gets what everyone expects. The children will want to go with them.

OK, the teenage duckling falls in love with one of the migratory birds, and old Uncle Dan (voiced by Danny DeVito). And it has been said to fly.

The migration spoken of in the original title of the film directed by Benjamin Renner, puts the compass towards the North, so yes, it is possible that they will reach New York.

And they do it. There are the contrasts of what they experience in the countryside and find themselves in a city that they do not understand. They will come across a heron (voiced by Carol Kane), and a pigeon, Chump (voiced by Awkwafina), who fearlessly leads his flock, and a parrot, but the idea is to go to a tropical paradise, a dream island. Yes: it is Jamaica.

Of course you need a bad guy, and if it’s ducks, how about a chef, whose menu includes duck a l’orange…

Produced by Illumination Studios, the same My favorite villain y Minionsthe chef follows Gru’s creation style (thin legs, disproportionate body. He is half crazy (well, whether Gru is is a matter of debate) and does not speak (Gru does it up to his elbows). And there will be a farm of ducks inspired, of course, in Chicken Run.

Fun but without exaggeration, Ducks! It is a good proposal to take the little ones to the movies. The optimism that prevails among the characters is also a quality to value.

At the Cinépolis Recoleta they give it with subtitles, and there you can hear the original voices.

Animated comedy. United States / France / Canada, 2023. Original title: “Migration”. 92′, ATP. Of: Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsey. With the original voices of: Elizabeth Banks, Kumail Nanjiani, Awkwafina, Danny DeVito. Salas: Hoyts Abasto and Unicenter, Cinemark Palermo, Cinépolis Recoleta and Pilar, Showcase Belgrano.