Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)

Postman Pat: The Movie: Directed by Mike Disa. With Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant. A veteran postman finds his beliefs challenged after he enters a TV talent show competition.

“As a parent who can enjoy childrenu0026#39;s animations, this was a disappointment to say the least. I think the writers completely missed an opportunity to make a kids film that couldu0026#39;ve been endearing, funny, and true to the original TV series. The characters voices were not right, and I think this was mainly because bringing in big name actors to voice was more important than delivering a product- sorry film – to its fans.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story started quite promising, (a huge smile on my childrenu0026#39;s face during the opening credits) but very quickly diverted in a direction that just didnu0026#39;t tie in with the whole film. The introduction of a mainstream u0026#39;talentu0026#39; show was unnecessary and didnu0026#39;t work,(in my opinion) and was just far removed from what a child watching would expect – not all children watch British talent shows – and if this was introduced only to make fun of Simon Cowell, then thats just poor writing. All the characters had tiny quirky moments, but it was sporadic throughout, and lost in amongst the poor storyline. Characters such as Ted Glen didnu0026#39;t get much air time, when he couldu0026#39;ve added a funny slapstick element to it all. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVery disappointed by the this, a completely lost opportunity….”