This is going to be a weird review... there were a lot of things I liked about this movie and a lot of things I didn't like about it. Overall I liked the movie, it was cute, heartwarming and its something I can see actually watching several times throughout the years and holiday seasons. I thought the biggest problem with it was that it was wayyy wayyy too long. There is really no reason for a 2 hour long Grumpy Cat movie... It just got pretty boring kind of fast.
Sooo I'll try to explain the premise of the movie... but it should be warned that this makes no sense at all. There were a lot of characters and so many stories and substories it was a bit much. The titular character of this movie is Grumpy Cat herself, voiced by the Amazing Aubrey Plaza, who redefines the word grumpy. Then there is a little girl named Chrystal who's parents just got divorced and had no friends, her mom, the elf that she flirts with, the pet store owner, all the pets, the security guy, the landlord guy, the two bad guys that are in a band, and Santa...
So the pet store Grumpy lives in isn't doing to well, no one is adopting the animals and the landlord guy comes in to try and shut it down, but the pet shop owner explains that he has a dog thats worth a million dollars and he's beautiful and famous and the dog will save the pet store. The news comes over to do a big story on the million dollar dog, the bad guys find out they steal the dog.
Also Chrystal the little girl meets Santa, who says he's just a fill in mall Santa for whoever is doing it now because he had to pick his mom up from the airport or something like that... Idk, doesn't matter. But Santa gives her a magical coin and tells her to make a wish, and she wishes for a friend. She then goes to the Pet Store that she works at and she can hear Grumpy Cat talk because of Christmas Magic.
So yeah eventually Chrystal goes to the mall after hours to see Grumpy again and then the bad guys steal the dog. They run around in the mall, Chrystal and grumpy try to save the dog and the store, there's a twist where there is YET ANOTHER bad guy and it isn't who you would expect... Like I said there is a lot going on.
There were a lot of funny things about this movie. They broke the fourth wall a lot, there were great one-liners from Grumpy, the other characters were pretty funny and overall it was a cute heartwarming movie. On an episode of the podcast How Did This Get Made, June Diane Raphael mentioned that she watched Christmas movies with sort of a filter. Like "Ohhh this isn't going to be a bad movie because it's a Christmas movie." And I agree with her that that is usually what keeps Christmas Movies watchable and just an enjoyable experience. This had the Christmas factor along with the Grumpy Cat factor... so yeah thats pretty good. Even if the premise didn't make sense and it was kind of long and boring, it was enjoyable and a fun holiday tradition.
Also to the best of my knowledge, this is the second movie based on a meme. The first being Safety Not Guaranteed, also starring Aubrey Plaza. I'm more of a fan of Safety... but this is a genre I now like and I'll definitely watch any upcoming meme movies.
So that is it for now... I will be blogging more regularly soon. I just felt a little overwhelmed with the craziness of the holidays & school and all. Expect some good stuffs.
A lot of people are saying this is actually the worst Christmas movie ever... but I've seen worse. Lol. It was cute and like I said, the Christmas of it all seemed to work in its favor.
Byeee!
-Shannon
Sooo I'll try to explain the premise of the movie... but it should be warned that this makes no sense at all. There were a lot of characters and so many stories and substories it was a bit much. The titular character of this movie is Grumpy Cat herself, voiced by the Amazing Aubrey Plaza, who redefines the word grumpy. Then there is a little girl named Chrystal who's parents just got divorced and had no friends, her mom, the elf that she flirts with, the pet store owner, all the pets, the security guy, the landlord guy, the two bad guys that are in a band, and Santa...
So the pet store Grumpy lives in isn't doing to well, no one is adopting the animals and the landlord guy comes in to try and shut it down, but the pet shop owner explains that he has a dog thats worth a million dollars and he's beautiful and famous and the dog will save the pet store. The news comes over to do a big story on the million dollar dog, the bad guys find out they steal the dog.
Also Chrystal the little girl meets Santa, who says he's just a fill in mall Santa for whoever is doing it now because he had to pick his mom up from the airport or something like that... Idk, doesn't matter. But Santa gives her a magical coin and tells her to make a wish, and she wishes for a friend. She then goes to the Pet Store that she works at and she can hear Grumpy Cat talk because of Christmas Magic.
So yeah eventually Chrystal goes to the mall after hours to see Grumpy again and then the bad guys steal the dog. They run around in the mall, Chrystal and grumpy try to save the dog and the store, there's a twist where there is YET ANOTHER bad guy and it isn't who you would expect... Like I said there is a lot going on.
There were a lot of funny things about this movie. They broke the fourth wall a lot, there were great one-liners from Grumpy, the other characters were pretty funny and overall it was a cute heartwarming movie. On an episode of the podcast How Did This Get Made, June Diane Raphael mentioned that she watched Christmas movies with sort of a filter. Like "Ohhh this isn't going to be a bad movie because it's a Christmas movie." And I agree with her that that is usually what keeps Christmas Movies watchable and just an enjoyable experience. This had the Christmas factor along with the Grumpy Cat factor... so yeah thats pretty good. Even if the premise didn't make sense and it was kind of long and boring, it was enjoyable and a fun holiday tradition.
Also to the best of my knowledge, this is the second movie based on a meme. The first being Safety Not Guaranteed, also starring Aubrey Plaza. I'm more of a fan of Safety... but this is a genre I now like and I'll definitely watch any upcoming meme movies.
So that is it for now... I will be blogging more regularly soon. I just felt a little overwhelmed with the craziness of the holidays & school and all. Expect some good stuffs.
A lot of people are saying this is actually the worst Christmas movie ever... but I've seen worse. Lol. It was cute and like I said, the Christmas of it all seemed to work in its favor.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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