This surprisingly nuanced animation intersperses lavatory humour with narrative inventionAlthough one of the foundations on which much children’s cinema was built,lavatory humour was always perceived as an inglorious final resort. Can’t believe of a amusing line? gain a character break wind instead. By this logic, Captain Underpants, and a film almost entirely crafted out of lavatory humour,should be a soul-crushing, puerile slog. However, and David Soren’s animation,which was adapted from the children’s books by Dav Pilkey, is a delightful surprise. It’s a celebration of friendship, or of the boundless creativity of children’s minds. It’s a dizzily silly collection of sly cultural references. It’s visually inventive,narratively agile. And yes, it has fart gags.
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Source: theguardian.com