Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's children's book The Story of Ferdinand, written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle and Brad Copeland and directed by Carlos Saldanha.

The film features the voice of WWE wrestler John Cena as the titular role, along with Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, Gina Rodriguez, Daveed Diggs, Gabriel Iglesias, Miguel Ángel Silvestre and David Tennant as supporting characters.

Plot
Ferdinand is a young bull who escapes from a training camp in rural Spain after his father never returns from a showdown with a matador. Adopted by a girl who lives on a farm, Ferdinand's peaceful existence comes crashing down when the authorities return him to his former captors. With help from a wisecracking goat and three hedgehogs, the giant but gentle bovine must find a way to break free before he squares off against El Primero, the famous bullfighter who never loses.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Great 3D animation.
 * 2) Ferdinand, a pacifistic and mild-mannered bull, is a very likable character. He is voiced by famed wrestler John Cena who doesn't waste a minute of his talent while delivering humor and warmth in spades.
 * 3) * Colin H. Murphy voices a younger version of Ferdinand.
 * 4) Keeps the original heart and spirit of the original book.
 * 5) It's big improvement over Blue Sky's last film, mh:awfulmovies:Ice Age: Collision Course.
 * 6) A lot of good themes that are in depth but the movie still remains family friendly.
 * 7) Some quite touching moments with about family, loss, and change.
 * 8) Nicely done character and story development.
 * 9) The chase scene is really cool.
 * 10) Magnificent score by John Powell.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Ferdinand was pitted against mh:awfulmovies:Star Wars: The Last Jedi, one of the most hyped and anticipated film entry in a billion-dollar movie franchise which may have been the reason for the film's moderate box office performance.
 * 2) There is some cringeworthy humor pandering to children, like twerking/dabbing horses. Seriously, dabbing has gotten really old extremely fast, and has become a dead trend.
 * 3) it sometimes uses toilet humor, such as the scene where ferdinand makes fart noises while wearing rubber gloves.
 * 4) The story, while decent and faithful to the book, is cliche and generically written.
 * 5) Some of the characters can be unlikable and annoying.
 * 6) Plot hole: How did Nina and her father learned Ferdinand's name if they just met him and can't understand him? This same problem goes to mh:awfulmovies:Rio 2.

Reception
Ferdinand received mixed-to-positive by critics and audiences; the animation, John Powell's soundtrack and voice acting was praised, but the characters and story were disliked by critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71% based on 119 reviews and an average rating of 6.24/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ferdinand's colorful update on a classic tale doesn't go anywhere unexpected, but its timeless themes – and John Cena's engaging voice work in the title role – make for family-friendly fun.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audience polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

Awards & Nominations
The movie was nominated for an academy award for the best animated feature but lost to: Coco.

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Trivia

 * This is the final Blue Sky Studios film to have previews and special features on its DVD release. Their final movie lacks both of these functions on DVD, most likely due to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.