The Willoughbys Reviews
The Willoughbys is a decent movie with endearing characters and excellent messages...It’s not amazing, but certainly worth a go for how endearing and wholesome most of the characters are.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 17, 2023
There's a taste of Roald Dahl, a hint of Despicable Me and a dollop of Mary Poppins , but, all spun together, they form a delightfully dark (but not too dark) story about finding the true value of family.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 30, 2021
I highly recommend Netflix's The Willoughbys for a kids' movie that is different from most.
| Nov 18, 2020
An incredibly unique animated film and a pleasure to watch. For that alone, I implore all animation fans to check it out. Amongst the usual selection of generic flicks, this quirky adventure is totally worthy of your attention.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 19, 2020
A fun and bold film that manages to differentiate itself from other animations thanks to its vibrant world, ironic plot, and intelligent use of comedy.[Full review in Spanish]
| Jul 17, 2020
What I love about this movie are the creative outlets it finds in telling its story. The fresh coats of paint on old tricks.
| Original Score: B | Jul 2, 2020
All in all, The Willoughbys is an amusing, dark, colourful, fast-paced outing.
| May 18, 2020
Very much in the style of Roald Dahl, this is a decent kids movie with witty, wall-to-wall sight and sound gags.
| Original Score: 3/4 | May 16, 2020
With all its ups and downs in the plot rhythm, The Willoughbys is an entertaining option to see with your family. [Full Review in Spanish]
| May 13, 2020
Director Kris Pearn and co-director Rob Lodermeier have made a film that feels like the love child of Wes Anderson and Charles Addams.
| May 10, 2020
The Willoughbys is inconsistent tonally and garishly animated, but its message about family is somewhat comforting.
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 9, 2020
The Willoughbys shines above most of the animated genre efforts of recent history and is sure to thrill younger audiences and their older family members alike.
| Original Score: 9/10 | May 8, 2020
The Willoughbys is a rollicking romp that's unapologetically bonkers and welcomes audiences into a world of adventure.
| May 1, 2020
The Willoughbys is another Netflix triumph, a demonstration that their commitment to animated film is serious. [Full Review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2020
A story of consistent construction, clear plot and narrative fluidity. [Full Review in Spanish]
| May 1, 2020
The movie has a very dark sense of humor and thrives when it unleashes that.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2020
Stunning. A bit dark, but often whimsical...what you have here is close to a classic.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2020
A twisted little bit of crunchy, chocolate frog, 'The Willoughbys' is a peculiar film for peculiar children.
| Apr 28, 2020
It's spinning too fast to hold together perfectly, but The Willoughbys provides some decent chuckles.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2020
It's also funny, unlike many of its counterparts, gleefully indulging the anarchic tastes of its younger audiences in both its writing and its staging... without being loud enough to annoy their parents.
| Apr 28, 2020