Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) - Through the Eyes of Cat

Number Rolled: N/A

Movie Name/Year: Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Tagline: Grab destiny by the rice dumplings.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy

Length: 95 minutes

Rating: PG

Production Companies: China Film Co., DreamWorks Animation, Oriental DreamWorks

Producers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Melissa Cobb, Guillermo del Toro, Jeff Hermann, Peikang La, Rui Gang Li, Mike Mitchell

Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson           

Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger

Actors: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, J.K. Simmons, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Kate Hudson, James Hong, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, Al Roker, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Stunts: N/A

Blurb from Netflix: His Mission? Defend China from a marauding spirit. His weapon? Kung fu. His crew? Pandas. Clumsy, goofy pandas.

Cat’s Point of View:

I love the Kung Fu Panda (2008) series. I had originally watched this 3^rd installment of the franchise closer to when it was released, but was quite happy to watch it again.

Aside from being funny and just fun in general, these movies have a phenomenal message behind them. They’re all reinforcing that we shouldn’t judge others by their exteriors, sometimes our weaknesses can be turned into strengths, and that both self-discovery and community are important. That’s just scratching the surface. There’s good stuff for kids that might be in foster homes, adopted, or in blended families as well.

I love Po’s wide-eyed wonder at the world around him and how he geeks-out over things. My own inner-geek identifies with him so much! Jack Black (The Muppets, The D Train, The Polka King) was the absolute perfect choice to voice the Dragon Warrior in this series.

Dreamworks’ CEO confirmed that there are going to be at least 3 more movies in the series. I am excited to find out what is in store for Po the panda in the future!  In the meantime, I wouldn’t mind watching this again and would give it my whole-hearted recommendation.

Languages

Speech Available: English, English (Audio Description), Spanish

Subtitles Available: English [CC], Spanish

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 86%

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 78%

Metascore – 66%

Metacritic User Score – 7.4/10

IMDB Score – 7.1/10

Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating – 5/5

P.S. There are several 'replays' of scenes from throughout the movie during the credits. 

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