The Willoubhys- A Quirky Family

Cast: Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Seán Cullen, Ricky Gervais

Director: Kris Pearn

Who doesn’t desire for love? Everyone loves to be loved, right?

The Willoughbys is an aesthetic animated movie that turns around a family. The first thing that flashes in everyone’s mind after hearing the word ‘family’ is love and affection. It is true, but unfortunately, in this family, love exists only between the father and mother. They have four kids. The first one is Tim, and then Jane, and then comes two twins. The uncanny thing here is the two twins are named Barnaby. This depicts the parent’s recklessness towards their kids. Yes, they are unloved. Jane and the twins keep reading books and they discovered a strange thing that all the heroes in the books are orphans.

There starts the story, the four kids together take a strange decision. They ought to be orphans, so they prepare an adventurous map on their own which is very dangerous too. They somehow try to get this to their parents. The parents are happy to take that trip because a bizarre note on the map amuses them. But the parents hired a nanny to take care of them. Nanny loves them and takes care of them very well, but Tim doesn’t like Nanny. He complains about the Nanny to the orphan services, that she’s harassing them. They come over and take the kids away from the Nanny. The parents on the trip survived the trip till the end, but are stuck at the last location. The kids feel horrible at the orphanage and their biological parents should return for their rescue.

Nanny comes to rescue them, but the orphanage officers still haunt them. So what are the kids going to do? How are they gonna end up? Go catch this movie and enjoy the ironic tale of this family.

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About Lavanya Appana

I seek pleasure from my sufferings and take delight in facing the music as that is how I learn to stand erect. Writing helps, when I feel blue. Forsooth, it lands me in seventh heaven. Introspect yourself, knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.