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Andy Samberg | ... |
Junior
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Katie Crown | ... |
Tulip
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Kelsey Grammer | ... |
Hunter
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Jennifer Aniston | ... |
Sarah Gardner
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Ty Burrell | ... |
Henry Gardner
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Anton Starkman | ... |
Nate Gardner
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Keegan-Michael Key | ... |
Alpha Wolf
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Jordan Peele | ... |
Beta Wolf
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Danny Trejo | ... |
Jasper
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Stephen Kramer Glickman | ... |
Pigeon Toady
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Christopher Nicholas Smith | ... |
Dougland
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Awkwafina | ... |
Quail
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Ike Barinholtz | ... |
Miscellaneous Storks
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Jorma Taccone | ... |
Miscellaneous Storks
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Amanda Lund | ... |
Miscellaneous Storks
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Storks deliver babies...or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company's top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl. Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby drop - in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks' true mission in the world. Written by Warner Bros.
I saw the previews of this movie months ago and was watching for it. The audience was mostly adults, surprising for an animated feature that is presumed to be aimed primarily at kids. Not hard to figure the story has something to do with the old myth that babies are delivered by storks. The delivery system failed one child who grew up among the storks. She is stereotypical of the girl/kid main character who talks at an unpleasant pitch with sassy, sometimes in-you- face cracks in almost every cartoon story lately. They came along as animation turned from timeless stories to tales with dated, faddish, words and phrases. An example is "Oh, snap." But originally the prospect of lots of cute little cartoon babies and how the story would develop was enticing. It turned out there wasn't much use of the babies.There was a lot of irritating squawking, much too loud. Was it the theater's sound system? I doubt it. As it turns out, this story was not light and at one point a scene of destruction brought a child behind us to loud sobbing. At this time the sights and sounds were overbearing and unpleasant. If I had attended on my own I would not have stayed to the end. This could have been so much more. I rated it a "4" for the quality of illustration/art.