Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken review: Fails to release enough fun

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken review: Animated tale needs to release the originality

A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.

What follows is a rather straightforward tale about growing into one’s own. Set against a quirky mythic tale that involves a kraken queen , a totally super duper cool new girl in school , and the increasingly fraught relationship between Ruby and her mother,is amusing if altogether quite slight. The emotional resonance of the piece depends on well-worn tropes about “mother knows best” and “blending in to fit in is okay ” that feel particularly facile.

Which is to say, while there is plenty to enjoy here, the tone and tenor of this DreamWorks flick struggles to straddle the line between the kookiness of its premise and the sincerity of its emotion . Visually, at least,is a treat. Playing with the Play-Doh-like plasticity of the medium , director Kirk DeMicco and co-director Faryn Pearl constantly find ways of making you wish you could pause to truly take in their immersive world-building.

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