Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they're monsters, a group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they're monsters, a group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they're monsters, a group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.
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Tim Minchin
- Pretty Boy
- (voice)
Miranda Tapsell
- Zoe
- (voice)
Angus Imrie
- Nigel
- (voice)
Guy Pearce
- Frank
- (voice)
Jacki Weaver
- Jackie
- (voice)
Isla Fisher
- Maddie
- (voice)
Diesel La Torraca
- Chazzie
- (voice)
Rachel House
- Jacinta
- (voice)
Aislinn Derbez
- Legs
- (voice)
Keith Urban
- Doug
- (voice)
Gia Carides
- Doreen
- (voice)
- …
Kiara Marr
- Norine
- (voice)
Lachlan Power
- Dave The Tasmanian Devil
- (voice)
- (as Lachlan Ross Power)
Wayne Knight
- Platypus
- (voice)
Celeste Barber
- Skylar
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the chase scene near the end with the motorbikes, you can see a reference painted on the side of the fuel tank. It says B2TO - Back 2 The Outback.
- GoofsIn the chase scene, the view of the fire engine in the rear view mirror shows the koala in the right hand side of the vehicle, however it's a right hand drive, so the mirror image should show the koala in the left hand side of the vehicle, the same as the shots of the fire engine from the front.
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- SoundtracksHello World
Written by Michael Fatkin (as Michael John Fatkin), Peter Hanna and Evie Rosenberg
Performed by Evie Irie
Courtesy of Republic Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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A design sensibility greatly hampers an otherwise fine film
I think most kids will like this and parents should not find it too tedious. It plays out like an Aussie flavored Escape to Madagascar. The vocal work is pretty good too. But I couldn't get past a sweeping design choice.
The story is centered on "ugly" critters learning they are not monsters. This is the key point for the plot, characters and theme. The film is even smart enough to point out that beauty is sometimes just skin deep. I.e. The cute koala is a jerk when the film begins and his arch is about learning to look past surface appearances. Pretty much everything in the film is aimed at examining internal vs. External monsterhood. Unfortunately-probably for commercial reasons-*all* of the characters are designed to be cute.
All the critters are designed with big eyes and other basic features to subtly remind people of children/infants. The snake's fangs are *tiny*. The spider is literally and figuratively a goofball. Sure the koala is the cutest of them all but there's not enough of a difference between the koala and the rest. I want to cuddle the scorpion pretty much the same as the koala. I don't necessarily think more realistic designs needed to be used. Ditto for frightening designs. But the animators needed to pull back and make the deadly creatures less cute.
The story is centered on "ugly" critters learning they are not monsters. This is the key point for the plot, characters and theme. The film is even smart enough to point out that beauty is sometimes just skin deep. I.e. The cute koala is a jerk when the film begins and his arch is about learning to look past surface appearances. Pretty much everything in the film is aimed at examining internal vs. External monsterhood. Unfortunately-probably for commercial reasons-*all* of the characters are designed to be cute.
All the critters are designed with big eyes and other basic features to subtly remind people of children/infants. The snake's fangs are *tiny*. The spider is literally and figuratively a goofball. Sure the koala is the cutest of them all but there's not enough of a difference between the koala and the rest. I want to cuddle the scorpion pretty much the same as the koala. I don't necessarily think more realistic designs needed to be used. Ditto for frightening designs. But the animators needed to pull back and make the deadly creatures less cute.
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- CubsandCulture
- Dec 12, 2021
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- Animalia en Australia
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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