'Migration' Review: Illumination's Odd Duck Movie
With 'Migration,' the 'Despicable Me' studio delivers a not-so-instinctual family comedy about a group of mallards struggling to find their way south.
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With 'Migration,' the 'Despicable Me' studio delivers a not-so-instinctual family comedy about a group of mallards struggling to find their way south.
Migration can be said to be one of Illumination’s best movies yet, but that’s a pretty low bar to clear.
Illumination's latest movie, Migration, has screened for critics, and they're sharing thoughts.
Illumination, maker of “Despicable Me,” “Sing” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” has built its animation empire by mostly staying close to a child-like outlook. Illumination’s in-house mascots, the Minions, are basically themselves careening toddlers. Its central character is a father duck, Mack Mallard (Kumail Nanjiani), whose fears and paranoia have kept his feathered family rooted to a small New England pond.
The studio that gave us the Minions returns with this tale about a duck family that decides to fly to Jamaica for the winter.