Rise of the Guardians (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Peter Ramsey
	Actors (voices): Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Jude Law
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 18.04.2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Five legendary characters unite to fight against an enemy that was thought long gone, including the outsider Jack Frost.
Review: I am always game for a good animated movie so I started easily to watch this Dreamworks production. Although it is obviously targeted for kids, it looked like it could be a bit darker, and in fact it is a little. I like the work done on the individual personality of the characters: the Easter Bunny is an Australian rabbit (a vermin there) that uses boomerangs, Santa (called North) is Russian, the Tooth Fairy and her minions are sort of hummingbirds (I loved when they find a mouse under a pillow and she identifies it as "European division"), and the Sandman is mute and made of ... sand. and their powers match the characters. Among them, Jack Frost is the American outsider kid to which the young audience will identify, easy. The bad guy reminded me of Thrax in the underrated Osmosis Jones with Bill Murray, and is the one bringing a little dark side to this otherwise fairy tale. The concept that Gods or legendary characters exist only as long as they are believed in is not new (I remember it from the Trolls de Troy comics). Too bad that in this typical American production, the fate of the Guardians is left to a single American kid among hundred of million on Earth. As often with Animated films, I was thus disappointed that it doesn't include a second layer of meaning for adults to appreciate.
Rating: 5 /10