We're not saying Ruby Gillman would've ate Ariel, but we're not not saying that.
It is hard to be disappointed in a movie like Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. In a year that, with some notable exceptions aside, has been relatively light on solid animated fare, there is something nice about just getting to take in a largely sweet story like this one. In many ways, considering the release from Pixar this year was quite formulaic, it feels like it could have emerged as one of 2023’s stronger studio animations on par with something like the terrific Turning Red.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The latest animation from DreamWorks, the studio behind the outstanding How to Train Your Dragon films and last year’s surprise hit that was Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it follows the awkward yet ambitious Ruby Gillman as she tries to survive the normal challenges facing teenagers. Namely, she wants to ask her crush, Jaboukie Young-White's dreamy yet underdeveloped skater Connor, to prom.
However, the real tension Ruby must navigate is that which she has with her mother. It is the actual emotional core of the film with each trying to understand where each of them are coming from. Where much of the rest of the film is too broadly sketched to draw us in, this manages to pull us far deeper when it needed to.
'Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken' Lightly Pokes Fun at Disney’s 'The Little Mermaid' In regards to said destination, there is a hint of what could have been a more interesting undercurrent in how it twists something that is rather familiar. Without going into too many details, the film’s finale plays out almost like a funhouse mirror version of the ending of the original The Little Mermaid.
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