Hello and welcome,
Arlo the Alligator Boy seems to be Netflix’s attempt to make a franchise as profitable as Spongebob because, along with this movie, they are also planning a series coming out later this year. As to how it is going for Netflix it is hard to say because they do not release numbers, but given the fact, this movie has never trended on Twitter and I have never seen it on Netflix's top 10 I would say not so well. However, we must see what happens with the series. With that out of the way, let’s begin.
Background
This movie was directed by Ryan Crego who also wrote the Screenplay. He formerly worked at Dreamworks doing multiple jobs with the exception of the director. He was the director for only one project and was a few episodes of the Nickelodeon series Sanjay and Craig (which I have not seen a single episode). This is all I have for the background because I gave you the rest in the intro (whoops).
Plot
Arlo (Michael J. Woodard) is placed in a sewage drain shortly after his birth, where he is taken by a stream of water into the ocean. Arriving in a swamp, Arlo is adopted and raised by a woman named Edmée (Annie Potts). When Arlo is a teenager he wishes to interact with other people but he fears his alligator appearance will not be accepted by society. In an attempt to help him, Edmée explains to Arlo that he is from New York, and unaware that he was actually abandoned. Arlo decides to travel to the city to find his birth parents. Meeting a colorful cast of characters along the way Including Bertie (Mary Lambert) a teenage human giant, Alia (Haley Tju) a tiger girl, Furlecia (Jonathan Van Ness) a pink flamboyant furball, Marcellus (Brett Gelman) a fish with legs and Teeny Tiny Tony (Tony Hale) a rodent-like creature.
Opinion
Reading the plot you may think that it sounds like a rip-off of the Muppet Movie, although I probably won't go that far, they do have a lot of similarities making the movie feel very predictable. Granted the plot is not horrible and if this was an intentional rip-off there are worse plots out there. The animation, although it looks very isTV-like, is not bad at all. I loved the character designs because they are unique and creative and watching them makes me think of one of the reasons why I love animation so much. However, the characters themselves are very one-dimensional, for example, Arlo is just a generic Spongebob clone and the villains are cookie-cutter bad guys in it to simply make money. The songs are not bad but they feel like they were written to make money for Netflix off of the soundtrack and to move the story along came was 2and.
Arlo the Alligator Boy is not that good as a movie, but as a pilot, it is off to an okay start (I’ve seen great shows with awful pilots, granted they are often the ones canceled too soon). As a movie blogger, I need to rate this as a movie so that is why I am giving it 2 out of 5 stars.
Goodnight, and Bee Happy!™
Mr.Bee
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