Megamind Review

Megamind

Release Date: 9th December 2010 - Australia

Production Companies

DreamWorks Animation

Pacific Digital Images

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Animation/Family/

Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 96 minutes


Budget: $130,000,000

Box Office Gross:

$321,885,765 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Megamind is a supervillain known as the most brilliant and least successful. He has an ongoing rivalry with a caped superhero known as "Metro Man," his arch-foe since

infancy. Megamind has

tried to conquer Metro

City for years in every

imaginable way. However,

whenever Metro Man

shows up, he always thwarts

his diabolical efforts. Until

now, Megamind has finally

defeated him in one of his

botched evil schemes.

With his superhero nemesis out of the way, Megamind gets bored when his victory is meaningless and soon realises that there's no hero left to fight. He decides to create a new foe, Tighten, who, instead of using his powers for good, turns evil, forcing Megamind to save the day for the first time.

Voice Cast

Will Ferrell - Megamind

David Cross - Minion

Tina Fey - Roxanne Ritchie

Jonah Hill - Hal Stewart/Tighten

Brad Pitt - Metroman
J.K. Simmons - Warden
Ben Stiller - Bernard
Justin Theroux - Megamind's Father

(Cameo)
Jessica Schulte - Megamind's Mother

Christopher Knights - Prison Guard
Tom McGrath - Lord Scott/Prison Guard

Jack Blessing - Newscaster
Emily Nordwind - Lady Scott

Rod Corddry - Random Citizen

Crew
Director - Tom McGrath
Writers - Alan J. Schoolcraft
and Brent Simons

Associate Producer - Holly Edwards
Executive Producers - Stuart Cornfeld
and Ben Stiller
Producers - Lara Breay and
Denise Nolan Cascino
Creative Consultants - Justin Theroux and
Guillermo del Toro
Production Designer - David James
Art Director/Character Designer - Timothy Lamb
Character Designer - Devin Crane

Pre-Production Development: Character

Design - Andy Bialk, Shane Prigmore,

Sylvain Deboissy, Tony Siruno,

Dermot Power and Shannon Tindle

Head of Story - Catherine Yuh Rader
Additional Head of Story - Robert Koo

Pre-Production Development: Story -

Sean Bishop, Li Hong, Elaine Bogan,

Jeffrey A. Lynch, Thom Enriquez,

Jordan Reicheck, Kathleen Thomson Good,

John Sanford, Kevin L. Harkey and

Ryan Savas

Production Managers - Andre de Oliviera Araujo

and Maude Lewis

Pre-Production Manager - Kate Spencer 

Head of Character Animation - Jason Schleifer
Animation Supervisors - Jason Ryan,
Mark Donald, Dave Burgess,

Anthony Hodgson, Sean Mahoney,

Jason Spencer Galsworthy, David Torres

and and Maren Kochout (Uncredited)

Supervising Character Technical Directors -

Lawrence D. Cutler and Lucia Modesto

Head of Lighting - Laura Grieve

Head of Character Effects - Damon Riesberg

Head of Layout - Nol Le Meyer

Head of Effects - David Lipton
Visual Effects Supervisor - Philippe Denis

City Development Supervisor - Jonathan Gibbs

Director of Previsualization - Kent Seki

Stereoscopic Supervisor - Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally

Editor - Michael Andrews

Associate Editors - Christopher Knights,

Michelle Mendenhall and Lynn Hobson

Supervising Sound Editors - Ethan Van der Ryan

and Erik Aadahl

Sound Mixers - Andy Nelson and

Andy Behlmer
Music - Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
Additional Music Arrangers - Stephen Hilton
and Junkie XL
Music Consultants - Bob Badami and
Chris Douridas

Additional Mixing - Alan Meyerson

Review

Some of you may not have seen MEGAMIND when it premiered. It feels overshadowed by The Incredibles. Disney/Pixar broke barriers in animated superhero films. For that reason, MEGAMIND doesn't measure up to this other movie we've all seen on the big screen. The most noticeable deficit is an imbalance between comedy and story. MEGAMIND is an animated parody/comedy that features Will Ferrell's hilarious portrayal of a self-indulgent gentleman who calls himself a master of evil. I suspect Ferrell gets to play a villainous hero after playing an antagonist in Zoolander and, recently, a non-heroic villain in The LEGO Movie. I was satisfied with actors like Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, and David Cross, who joined forces with Ferrell to let their characters' voices dominate.

It doesn't match Pixar's golden trophy, nor does it help DreamWorks after the same year the studio carved out its triumph with How to Train Your Dragon. Something about MEGAMIND makes it feel joyful and rewarding to watch, especially if you enjoy spotting the Superman references.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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