Raus aus dem Teich

Zugvögel erzählt im Grunde genommen keine besonders originelle Geschichte - im Mittelpunkt stehen Themen wie Familienwichtigkeit und lehrreiche Reisen - und setzt auf durchweg prototypische Charaktere. Dennoch habe ich die Projektion des Films wirklich genossen - vor allem aufgrund des Humors, der das jüngere und ältere Publikum ansprechen könnte. Neben der zentralen Handlung mit der Entenfamilie hat mich die Einbindung kleinerer Episoden in Begegnungen mit anderen Mitgliedern des Vogelreichs angesprochen - ich hatte königlichen Spaß bei der Szene mit den gerontosaurischen Reiherinnen. Die Figur des Hauptantagonisten war, ähm, eigenartig, aber ich habe es auf jeden Fall zu schätzen gewusst, dass sie nicht gesprochen hat. Unauffällig, charmant und humorvoll überraschend! (31.01.2024)

A very pleasant surprise that took my breath away. I like animated films with animals the most and I honestly didn't expect much from this one, but I'm even more surprised what a hit Migration turned out to be. Honestly Universal and Netflix are knocking it out of the park and kicking the ass of Disney and Pixar, who both suck lately. Migration doesn't have revolutionary visuals and plot-wise it doesn't bring anything new to the table, but it features a very likeable duck family that decides to leave the nest for the first time in their lives and emigrate to Jamaica specifically, having wild and unseen adventures along the way. So yes, even though it's only about getting from point A to point B and also about parent-child education, I didn't mind that at all because the humour is awesome. I really don't remember when I've laughed as hard at an animated movie as I did here and to my surprise it's also pretty suspenseful – the scene with the heron is actually pretty creepy, it might scare the kids, and the kitchen heist has a bombastic build-up. After the arrival of the parrot (Keegan Michael Key) my excitement increased even more and the duck paradise with meditation, water slides and massages was a nice touch. Very funny, enjoyable, beautiful and touching. 8/10. (07.02.2024)