If you want to uncontrollably laugh while watching a 3D animated film, then Storks is the best bet. The flick is brought to you by the same studio that delivered the hilarious The Lego Movie and the way they have played with the ‘Stork deliver babies’ myth will certainly keep you engrossed in the storyline.
This film revolves around Junior (voiced by Andy Samberg) a top delivery stork at Cornerstone, the largest delivery store that uses birds as carriers. The only hindrance in his promotion is his inability to ‘fire’ Tulip (Katie Crown), a teenager who was adopted by the storks after one of their own tried to sabotage her delivery. Although the company has profited from their decision to quit ‘delivering babies’, the duo finds themselves in a dilemma — deliver a baby that landed in their lap, and that too secretly.
Thus begins the journey where they experience a disgruntled colleague Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman), a pack of wolves that can build anything on the planet from a bridge to a submarine, a boss named Hunter (Kelsey Grammer) who wants to literally hunt them down and Jasper (Danny Trejo) the giant stork banished for trying to keep one baby for himself.
Be it the laidback-turned-vicious phase of Toady or the never-say-die attitude of the Wolves or the Boss’s antics, the journey from the baby factory in the clouds into the arms of the baby’s parents (Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston) on land is full of mischief, surprise and fun moments.
Unlike many animated flicks this year, Storks has a moral as well as bright colours and some really ‘wow’ 3D moments to keep the audience under 13 entertained. Parents can also relate to a few jokes but both young and old are likely to fall in love with Diamond Destiny, the baby who has no clue as to why a stork and an 18-year-old are carrying, protecting and looking after her.
Published in Dawn, Young World, October 22nd, 2016
