This morning, Skuzz, Planet Duplo and I headed to the cinema to see the Paw Patrol – Mighty Pups movie. Naturally, we had to take Skye, Everest, Chase, Marshall, a helicopter, a snowmobile, a police vehicle and a fire truck with us. And also a teddy bear, just in case there was a scary bit.

How was the movie? Well, that depends on how old you are and how many endless repeats of Paw Patrol episodes you have had to endure. Personally, I wanted to see Christopher Robin, but the kids spied the Paw Patrol movie images on the cinema website while looking over/under my shoulder. Sucks to be me.

 

Plot

Without giving too much away, a meteorite crashes in Adventure Bay and gives the pups superpowers. Totally believable, because we saw a meteorite crash in the Monsters vs. Aliens movie and make Susan grow big. Anyway, Mayor Humdinger’s nephew also gets superpowers, Ryder becomes separated from the pups, Chickaletta makes a cameo appearance and Mayor Goodway’s tulips get crushed. A lot.

 

The Highlights

Planet Duplo’s favourite bit was the astronauts (there were none – no clue what she’s actually talking about*).

Skuzz’s favourite bit was seeing the pups (which tells me that I could have saved the effort and stress of getting dressed and out of the house in time and just stayed home to watch pirated episodes on YouTube instead).

My favourite bit? Apart from the movie session only being 60 minutes long, it would have to be when Skuzz bit his finger – hard – while eating popcorn. Unfortunately, that was even before the pre-movie advertising had started and I lived in hope that another similar event may follow. Queue Planet Duplo, who belted out a superb rendition of the ‘Paw Patrol’ theme song with great enthusiasm, volume and complete disregard for tune – but in the middle of the movie, not at the start when the song was actually played.

*Update: We’ve been able to decipher Planet Duplo’s ‘astronaut’ favourite bit. She meant ‘asteroid’, or when the meteorite hit the ground. This bit forms the basis of all the movie trailers we watched on YouTube before heading to the cinema, so once again, I could have saved a lot of time and effort by just staying at home and spending the morning surfing YouTube.

 

The Summary

If you’re a Paw Patrol fan, you’ll love this movie. If you’re responsible for a Paw Patrol fanatic, read on.

This wasn’t the worst children’s movie that I’ve seen, but it also didn’t have an ‘adult’ aspect to it so wasn’t that engaging for adult viewers. The movie was true to the format and theming of the TV show – it would be safe to assume that the movie is an example of what a 45-minute long episode would look like. In saying that, I loathe the one-liners and pup-jokes in the TV show but didn’t seem to notice them too much in the movie (maybe because I was too busy stuffing my face with popcorn).

I haven’t had to endure too many episodes of Paw Patrol (that’s outsourced to the grandparents) so can’t comment on how nauseating the movie may be for those that are forced to live and breathe Ryder and his pups 24/7. I feel for you though.

 

The Verdict

Will Skuzz and Planet Duplo look forward to watching this movie again? Absolutely. Will I be preoccupied with something else and not be able to hear it when they do? Absolutely.

 

If you like this article, please share it.