Part and parcel of rearing a kid is having to watch a movie you wouldn't normally gravitate to. MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN is one of those movies; it's flashy and busy but doesn't really have anything to offer. More than that, it can be downright manic. I liked that they tried to slip in some teachable history, but it was in too big a hurry to get to the next scene. What kid could absorb that? Aside from that, it was a little too self-aware, the humor derived from hip references. Not my bag. Also, did anyone else just want to blast Penny in the face as badly as I did? She's an instigator.
It's funny, the way they cut the trailer for this, the Warburton bits were the most painful. Turns out, next to Da Vinci, he was the shining star of this thing. I was also surprised by the names they got for this movie.
But it's as forgettable as they cone.
5/10
