Regular Show introduced my seven year-old to the Velvet Underground. We also have one particularly well-executed moment when two Mordecais from different times watch a third future Mordecai die from war wounds all while the Velvet Underground’s “Pale Blue Eyes”plays on the soundtrack. We’ve got hallucinations of time incarnate and issues of mortality in this flick.
Not to mention, burritos.īut it’s the simplicity and believability of Rigby and Mordecai’s friendship that carries the wonderful madness of the story and affords the movie a few moments of near sublimity. The last reel is an action packed sequence of time portholes, decapitations, and self-sacrifice. The film, like the show, never stops moving, never stops popping, never fails to surprise you and head in a direction just off of what you may have expected. Come on, Benson, keep up!”), but it’s the straightforward lie that a teenage Rigby tells Mordecai that hits us in the gut. And it works! The universe is being sucked into a galactic timenado (according to Skips: “A tornado that can travel through time and space. It’s their bond and the betrayal of trust between them that form the emotional spine of the story. Oscar: Did he just watch himself die? Cool.Īt the center of the film, as in the show, is the oft-tested friendship of Rigby and Mordecai. It also includes explosive volleyballs, a near cosmic apocalypse, and time travel paradoxes. Regular Show: the Movie is filled with all that we love about the show: the soft-brained kindness of Pops, the reticent spiritual and physical strength of Skips, the destructive joy of Muscle Man and Fives, the unquenchable irritation of Benson. Oscar: It’s the kind of movie that starts with ‘What’s going on?!’ but in a good way. The film begins with a massive future space battle and deaths of nearly all the major characters, including a devastating shoot off in which our heroes, Rigby the raccoon and Mordecai the blue jay, fatally wound one another. So the whole family was thrilled to sit down and experience Regular Show: The Movie. Quintel has a gift for making the outrageous relatable and hilarious. Roommate squabbles, workplace trivialities, and the never-ending desire to slack off leads to strange and supernatural misadventures. Then there’s the amazing sweet spot of shows that transcend target audiences and hit us all – here Regular Show stands supreme.Ĭartoon Network’s Regular Show, like its creative cousin Adventure Time, brilliantly weaves the surreal with the silly, and the mundane with the outlandish, and occasionally, the outright macabre. There are shows that are watered down to benign uselessness for some imaginary child audience and shows that mistakenly believe that adult comedy must teeter on the line of offensiveness to be funny. While on the other end of the spectrum, a certain breed of diminutive horses covers my brain in a sickly film of overly-chirpy goo. Bob’s Burgers, a show we adore, leads to some uncomfortable questions ( Daddy, what’s a rimjob?). its basically the embodiment of every good aspect of regular show.Finding a show equally loved by me and my kids (Arden, 10 and Oscar, 7) is no simple task. If you like regular show, you will definitely like this movie. Potential satisfaction is the best in considering this as a suggestion.
Overall I recommend it by its ability to make you smile in particular scenes. Watch the latest full episodes and video extras for AMC shows: The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve, Fear the Walking Dead, Mad Men and more. It’s odd that I have no stand out favourite character in this that makes them all equal to a certain degree. Quirky and bizarre, this could become a choice if you’re looking for something weird and unpredictable. I thought this was above average, on the other hand, I won’t be consuming it again.īest friend bromance gone wrong is a cliche story although it does not insult its audience. Relying on satire and various comedy tropes, some can lead to the cringe and genres not meant for everyone.
Mild violence made it suspenseful but not everything I got invested into.
The trippy social depth and the crew expanded into space in the future makes good credibility summarizing up many elements of the show.įor it is originally written, it has good messages where it is not a complete waste of time. This movie is similar although enough engagement as it does a lot different in comparison to the television series. The Regular Show was one of those rare gems produced by Cartoon Network but maybe not one of the best of all time. Managing to run a time-travelling story not overtly absurd but still funny is worthy of my memory. Could Regular Show The Movie also be my favorite animated movie? Let’s see. Regular Show is one of my favorite cartoons in Cartoon Network. 1hr9mins (2015) Animation, Action, Adventure