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- 2023
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 1 h 31 m
- 2023
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, has forbade Ruby from ev...
Directed By: Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl
- 2023
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 1 h 31 m
- 2023
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 1 h 31 m
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
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5.5
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Summary Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, has forbade Ruby from ev...
Directed By: Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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19% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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19% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
67% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
15% Negative
4 Reviews
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One of the best family films of the year, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken has humor and heart, buoyant energy, witty and imaginative visuals, and never-less-than brilliant voice talent.
Ultimately, though, the character animation and sprightly vocal performances can’t quite wriggle out of whatever formulas and secondhand story wreckage Ruby Gillman grabs to assemble its stop-and-go plotting.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 74 User Ratings
5.5
39% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
34% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
27% Negative
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 74 User Ratings
5.5
39% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
34% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
27% Negative
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
It’s such a lovely set-up, you wish the filmmakers had attempted to do a little more with it.
Kids are always in need of gracious tales about the power of being yourself in a world not necessarily built to embrace differences (of all sizes, of all kinds) and stories like Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken can do that, with fun to spare. But why not get more splashy, why not take more risks, why not get bigger and weirder, when that’s also the aim of the very story you’re telling?
It’ll do well enough for summer-break popcorn-lovers, but as DreamWorks Animations go, it’s no How to Train Your Dragon.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken fails to see its own potential – it’s never quite sharp enough to work as a parody, nor sincere enough to make its adolescent insecurities relatable.
For all its potential, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken remains stuck in the shallow end.
Pretty simple movie but really enjoyable, the animations also rocks.
The story is well designed for children but we the parents also can have a great time.
I recommend this one
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I'm gonna be completely honest, this is basically dreamwork's version of Turning red, but without all the drama around turning red cause they only started advertising this film 3 months before it came out.
It's not a bad film but considering that this is coming off of the heels of one of Dreamwork's best films and coming out close to Across the Spiderverse, plus the terrible marketing that basically spoils the plot, yeah this film was set up to fail, which honestly ****.
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I was very interested in Ruby Gillman after hearing about the premise and watching some of the trailers. I saw the film on a Saturday and was satisfied with the film. However, I do feel it could've been so much better. Here's what works and doesn't work.
Pros: The animation was very colorful and the environments looked pretty good. The voice cast was very good, Annie Murphy was born to play Chelsea. I found the story pretty solid for younger audiences but I will get more into the story in a bit. The main character designs I really liked, they aren't perfect but I do think they are competent and fit the film's style. The soundtrack was also solid. There were some pop songs that I feel didn't fit the scenes they were in but for the most part, the soundtrack was good. I found most of the main characters likable, even if some were one note. There was a twist near the end that I thought was neat, even if it was probably for shock value.
That being said, this movie does a lot of wrong from being a very good to even a great film.
Cons: The story is your typical Coming-of-age story and doesn't do much different. If you've seen other movies in this genre, this film is very similar to those movies. The story reminded me a lot of Turning Red and kind of felt like a copy. I think the film would've been much better if it had a different story. Most of the side characters except Connor weren't very interesting and their designs and background characters look very goofy and off. The film was also very predictable at times. The marketing was honestly pretty misleading and revealed a lot of things in the trailers that should've been revealed and be a surprise in the movie. For example, Chelsea is meant to be a twist villain in the movie despite the trailers making it seem she is a villain right from the start.
Overall, Ruby Gillman had a lot of potential and isn't a bad movie but the film definitely could've benefited from having a different and more original story and better characters. I would say this film is worth watching if you have kids under 12 that are interested or if the premise is appealing to you. However, I do think this film will be divisive for people over the age of 12. I think there is a lot to enjoy and a lot to dislike.
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Dreamworks how the hell do you make puss n boots 2 and then you make this and they look like Playdoh I don't get it and the story is boring,generic and slow and the so called villain wasn't even really villain also of the highshool girl trope who just wants to fit in and be normal like embrace that **** already I really to care to see the journey for that to happen its been done to death and how the hell dose no one knows she's clearly not human oh because their all idiots like this movie that's stupid.
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bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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Production Company
DreamWorks Animation,
Universal Pictures
Release Date Jun 30, 2023
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG
Tagline Discover the hero just beneath the surface.
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination
Columbus Film Critics Association
• 1 Nomination
