Blog:Amy Rose: The Movie

Amy Rose (known in Japan as The Fancy Amy Rose or commonly referred to by fans as Amy Rose: The Movie) is a 2020 American-Japanese live-action/computer-animated musical romantic comedy-drama film based on the female character from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise published by Sega. It focuses on Amy Rose, a 12-year-old pink female hedgehog living in a huge, magical, fancy mansion. It stars Lisa Ortiz as the voice of Amy Rose, and Johnny Knoxville as a very wealthy millionaire, Claude.

Plot
Set in Manhattan, New York City, a 12-year-old pink hedgehog, Amy Rose, living in her very giant, magical mansion, who is singing, tap-dancing and talking about falling in love.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The concept is done-well.
 * 2) Amy Rose wore her very fancy outfit, from the Sonic Boom episode, "My Fair Sticksy". On the top of that, it became so popular, that her very fancy outfit became her most iconic outfit, replacing her 1998 outfit.
 * 3) *Amy wears a purple tiered dress with light purple circles on it, a light purple waistband, white evening gloves, a small purse, and a pair of very shiny black medium-heeled shoes with a white lace bra and white lace panties underneath her dress.
 * 4) The very beautiful CG-animation, which is officially used for Amy Rose.
 * 5) Beautiful acting, dancing and singing. For example, Lisa Ortiz reprised her role to voice Amy Rose.
 * 6) *Amy Rose's singing voice sounds very handsome.
 * 7) Very colorful visuals that fit the romantic tone of the movie.
 * 8) Imerssive soundtrack by James Newton Howard, with the "The Fancy Amy Rose", the film's very last musical number that plays in the ending scene, standing out. The big band rendition of the Amy Rose theme song, "My Sweet Passion", which is modified into a more jazzier version.
 * 9) Amy Rose's feminine personality is extraordinarily developed for this film.
 * 10) The jazzy musical numbers are very catchy and romantical, which Amy Rose sings, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra composes.
 * 11) *During the opening scene, Amy adorably singing her theme song, "My Sweet Passion".
 * 12) *The tap-dancing musical number, "My Black Heeled Shoes", is very jazzy and romantical.
 * 13) *The slow-paced piano-tuned song, "The Fancy Amy Rose", is a very heartwarming finale.
 * 14) Amy Rose has a very cute design, which is very faithful to the sourced material.
 * 15) Some lines will never get old, such as "I'm the most powerful name in romance." and "Never fear, Amy Rose is here!"
 * 16) Lovable and sympathetic characters.
 * 17) *Amy Rose is a very adorable protagonist, who lived in the giant mansion, in New York City.
 * 18) *Claude was the handsome millionaire, who is Amy's love interest.
 * 19) The design of Amy Rose's magical mansion looked so beautiful.
 * 20) Several heartwarming moments, including the both opening and ending scenes.
 * 21) *For example, some of these romantic scenes, where Amy having a date with Claude.
 * 22) It has a great New York City setting.
 * 23) It spawned a CG-animated musical sitcom TV show, called The Fancy Amy Rose.
 * 24) Its first look image looks so beautiful, where Amy Rose, inside her mansion, while smoking a cigaratte with the cigaratte holder. See the image above.
 * 25) Rich and fancy special effects, especially when Amy Rose and Claude magically flies up into the night sky, during the heartwarming "Abolutely Love" musical number.
 * 26) A creative twist on the Paramount, Sega and Original Film logos are in tint pink, while the music's not being heard.
 * 27) The musical romantic story is well-done for a G rating, as the movie officially focused more on the songs, romance, and comedy.
 * 28) Jazz dance scenes are decent, especially when Amy Rose tap-dancing with her black heeled shoes.
 * 29) The closing credits had the UPA-esque style.
 * 30) Great marketing, like the Sonic movies.

The ONLY Bad Quality

 * 1) Despite this, it really wasn't faithful to the Sonic franchise. Speaking of which, it even doesn't have action scenes, unlike the Sonic movies.

Critical reception
Amy Rose generally received mostly positive reviews from critics, audiences and fans alike, who praised the performances, Amy Rose's character design, femininity, animation and her beautifully fancy dress, visual effects, heartwarming scenes, and its faithfulness to the source material, but criticized its faithfulness to the source material lack of originality. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 100% based on reviews from 86 critics, with an average rating of 9.7 out of 10. Its consensus reads, ""Amy Rose" is the most magical musical romantic adventure of the summer. Pure enchantment for the whole family.". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 95/100, indicating "positive reviews". It is often considered one of the best video-game based movies, along with Pokémon Detective Pikachu and The Angry Birds Movie 2.

Trivia

 * It was the only film, based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, to recieve a G rating.