The most interesting thing about this movies marketing was the relationship between chelsea and ruby. I thought they might point out the similarity between humans assuming krakens are monsters and krakens assumimg that mermaids are monsters. But instead of doing something interesting, the mean girl is literally just an irredeemable monster and maybe your grandma's racism/xenophobia is good if it has historical precedent

I was honestly disappointed that they didn’t show any mermaids despite them saying that there the threat and the only mermaid we only saw was Chelsea I thought there was going to be mermaids in the fight scene

Puss in boots really gaslit the entire world into thinking dreamworks only ever made good movies which is honestly pretty impressive

You have no idea how relieved I was to hear how the humans looked odd in most cases. I couldn’t find myself looking at Ruby’s love interest(?) without getting a slight discomfort at how the eyes and nose were done compared to the rest of face

Connor genuinely looked better in the films' concept art. I have NO idea why he looked so ugly.

Wait a minute… a coming of age story where the mother tries to hide her daughter’s power so she can live a normal life while the grandmother tried to help her embrace it? This is literally Halloweentown! C’mon dreamworks, you’re supposed to make fun of Disney’s tropes, not copy them.

Considering the little marketing this film received and the problems in the story pointed at in your review, it’s evident that this was truly a RUSHED production and Dreamworks just wanted to get it out as soon as possible. It really is sad considering the potential this film had and I truly think had they delayed this film to next year to give more marketing and fix the story problems, it would’ve turned out like the studios’ other films from last year. This should be a lesson on how not to market a film and why delays are sometimes necessary.

I personally didn’t like how they made Chealsea the deceptive villain in the end, sadly. I actually wanted her to stay Ruby’s best friend, since I’ve seen several things to that before

The sad part is this movie had potential. I wish that they had all the struggles of growing up and maturing instead of just having the Kraken transformation be an allegory for puberty. I also wish they would have emphasize the importance of having good mothers. Ruby‘s mom was a great mom and I loved her connection with her daughter, but it was never expanded upon. It would’ve been nice if she and Chelsea had a genuine friendship with contrast of each other, maybe and how they were raised. Maybe have Chelsea actually be the mermaid queen‘s daughter, and have a difficult childhood due to her parenting. Instead we got a story that was so predictable that even if you didn’t see the trailer you could tell what’s going to happen. There really was no theme. Except that being yourself is awesome. If you have super powers.

Puss in Boots The Last Wish was definitely a hard act to follow, and I can see why the marketing spoiled the movie

Remember: if a story tries to be everything at once, it’ll end up being nothing at all.

It's definitely unfortunate that this movie did so poorly in the box office. Especially since it seemed like DreamWorks was on a roll with Puss In Boots 2.

I hated how the marketing poorly spoiled the entire movie revealed that Chelsea is a plot twist villain. Come on, of course DreamWorks is not going to be careful with their original stories. 🙄 This was such a missed opportunity for Ruby Gillman that DreamWorks could've done with the story like they could've done a sea world version of the Fox and the Hound where two characters ended up as a friends and would later become enemies. Make Ruby and Chelsea as best friends until something happened Chelsea feels betrayed by Ruby and turn evil and two started war but then a new villain like a sea monster hunter shows up tries to kill Chelsea and Ruby's family but Ruby saves her and her family. Chelsea wanted to thank Ruby for saving her life but they shared one last look at each other, smile 😃 and walk away and these went their separate ways in the ending. Their species maybe enemies but they still remained friends in the end. That would've been a heartwarming emotional story than the one we actually got. This may sound a bit controversial I was more invested with Ruby's relationship with Chelsea even more than her ugly bland boyfriend Connor.

This really felt like this shouldve been a series

Ths film floppingwas kind of inevitable. Not only wasn't the first teaser released until three months before it hit theaters, but they spoiled the big twist villain reveal, and almost everything else in said teaser. That, and the film itself is kinda lackluster, especially compared to the masterpiece that came before. Plus, it was the 5th animated film we got in a single month, AND released on the same day as the massively better, _Nimona._

It's basically nothing more than The Little Mermaid 2. Melody is awkward and learns the secret that she is a mermaid, the family struggle, is lured by the evil one (Morgana), who is manipulating her to trust her, but actually only wants to have the trident and the rulership of the seven seas, and betrays Melody eventually; Melody makes up with her family, the evil one is defeated; Melody finds friends and a crush. Now just replace the names....

Having watched the film, I gotta agree on two points: First, the human-character designs were, with the exception of the first-time homebuyers, the librarian, and the captain, rather off-putting. Second, the movie was trying to do too much. I definitely feel that this would have made a spectacular animated series. I would have liked some backstory for the captain: what did he actually see all those years ago? why did his wife leave him? I would have liked some character development for Ruby's friends: why doesn't Ruby trust them with her secret? Do they suspect something is up with Ruby's mom's irrational fear of water? I would have liked more info on the merpeople: where are the rest of the merpeople now? It would be really interesting if Ruby finds out that her grandma killed all of the merpeople, and thus has a good reason to protect the secret identity of Chelsea. What if Chelsea convinces Ruby to get the trident by suggesting that it be a good way for the three Gillman women to unite on something they can all agree on--destroying it? What if Connor is actually a merman, who's been getting tutoring from Ruby in order to try to get the Trident? What if Ruby's pet wasn't a weird undersea pet, but a normal dog; after all, how would she explain the pet if her friends came over? What if the merpeople weren't actually all dead, but were actually all hiding in plain sight, as the townspeople?

I was literally thinking "wow, theres no way they will make Chelsea a twist villian, that would be dumb" and then they did

Thank GOD I’m not alone on the designs of the humans, SO TERRIFYING HALF THE TIME!! That’s what turned me off from seeing this, tho I still feel insanely bad how awful it’s doing box office wise. The concept still sounds intriguing to me & I love Chelsea’s VA so much! Will definitely at least give it a chance on digital! 😁

An interesting plot idea I had for Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is that the friendship between Ruby and her friends would begin when Ruby discovers that she is a kraken, and some random weirdos at school show her that they are also marine animals (not krakens for more diversity) so she can relate with them and have fun being aquatic humanoid creatures. Then, they together know that Chelsea is a mermaid and invite her to their group. Then the plot teist that Chelsea is evil because the mermaids are fighting with the other species or something so they all fight like superheroes versus a big villian idk

Unfortunately, this movie became a “Poor Unfortunate Soul” for DreamWorks.

I can’t help but get Genndy Tartakovsky vibes. And yes, this movie did come out of nowhere and not to mention they gave away a major twist in the trailer. It’s like they’re not even making an effort to be spontaneous.

Man, with how barren the box office has been this month besides Spider-Verse, I’m getting *_SCARED_* for the future of DreamWorks, and cinema in general! For the love of God, *_PLEASE DON’T LET KUNG FU PANDA 4 BOMB LIKE THIS!_*

I wonder if this was supposed to be their first Peacock original movie, but Universal decided to change it to a theatrical release last minute(possibly because of the backlash from Trolls World Tour skipping theaters nearly getting them banned from AMC theaters)

I haven't seen it, so I'm speaking from secondhand word here, but I had heard that Ruby & Chelsea at certain points had really good chemistry. Combined w/ the building of the mythos around the kraken-mermaid tensions, this could've been a great thing to lean the story into. Like the actual movie seemed to, they could defy our expectations from "miss popular mermaid"'s introduction and have Ruby/Chelsea become really good friends. When the parents/grandma find out they're hanging out w/ the other (scale on Ruby's shoulder), that's when the environments around them lean into hard-ingrained prejudices. Building pressures on her privilege, combined maybe something that goes wrong involving Ruby, Chelsea gradually shifts to being mean girl-ish toward her, and a feeling betrayed Ruby suspects Mom/Dad/Grandma were right all along about those cruel mermaids. That animosity eventually builds to the advertised fight around the Act 2 climax, with some reminder of their friendship smoothing things over into an Act 3 conflict between the families (due to long-held beliefs dying hard). Through some means (a kraken/mermaid or abandoned book in the school library or something), they find out that it all goes back to humans crossing the Atlantic in the 17th century where the refuse like wood/sails/cannonballs caused damage to both species' homes. W/ no face to blame it on, they started blaming each other. As humans developed and their impact on the ocean increased, the two races' hostility between each other grew to what it is today. The two present this to the parents/grandma, Ruby maybe awkwardly trying to do it, but the charismatic Chelsea is there to back her up and help convince the two races to stop this pointless feud and work together for a better tomorrow. Many write this off, calling them naive or saying the proof is fake or that they got paid to say all that, but many others (including their two families) see their point and start to try to get along. The last scene is the next day at school where Ruby is treated well by the people around her, especially her once again bestie Chelsea. That's a rough idea, anyway. Focusing entirely on Ruby's teenage experience may be the best approach they could've chosen, but that's another way they could've chosen (instead of, y'know, being wishy-washy about what they want w/ this story).

I have a feeling that this year will probably be terrible for Dreamworks. Ruby Gillman became the studio’s biggest bomb in recent years, due to poor marketing and last minute announcement. But we also still got Trolls band together, which I feel like it’s not gonna be a big hit either because it’s gonna be released at the same time as Disney’s 100th anniversary movie WISH. It really is disappointing because they had a good last year. Also, I see the comparison between turning red and a bit of Luca. Even Ruby’s situation is similar to Mei, but their personalities are complete opposites. Where Mei is more of an extrovert and confident, Ruby is an introvert and shy.

Keep in mind, the director behind this is the same guy who directed and wrote "Space Chimps." It basically has the same issues as that film and ALL!!! Where did things go wrong at Dreamworks?!!! 😤😤😤

....Chelsea being the bad guy was supposed to be a plot twist...? They gave it away in the trailers tho....

To be honest, I give this film a 6/10 because I do find some likeability in the main characters and there was a war between Krakens, Leviathans, and of course, mermaids, but because of not only the trailers that spoiled what will happen in the movie, but also the high school crush, the popular girl who happens to be a mermaid, the enemy of the krakens, the mother and daughter relationship, the forbidding of going to the other world to discovering a race of powerful people, and the girl transforming into a huge creature clichés already make the movie ridiculously predictable and offers little to nothing to hook the audiences other than the “dumping on Disney’s The Little Mermaid” angle with Chelsea resembling Ariel.

They completely wasted the scary mermaids, we only get the evil queen, no army to drag people into the water No siren songs, i was expecting so much more

Say what you want about Prince Hans' twist as a villain But compared to Chelsea/Nerissa and maybe the last twist villains, Hans was not that bad, at last. And it's time you admit it, suckers!

I liked the titular character Ruby herself, I liked the cartoony character designs and visual aesthetic, I liked the premise of Krakens being good guys, but I do wish it were a better film. Here’s how I would improve on the story. Maybe the mermaids should’ve been victims of prejudice from the Krakens, demonized as evil monsters, and that Ruby’s grandmother should’ve been the REAL twist villain, enforcing the prejudice against merfolk and keeping them outcasts. I think Chelsea should’ve been a more sympathetic character, and that she would only act like a vain narcissist because it’s the only life she knows. (If Krakens can only see her as one thing, why even bother being anything else?) Ruby, knowing how humans demonize her kind, sees the good in her and shows her that she can be more than that. And the climax could be the point where Chelsea either redeems herself or proves herself as someone more than just a vain, narcissistic mermaid. I know, what I’m proposing is basically Nick Wilde’s character arc in “Zootopia”, but that film is a great example of how this dynamic can work.

I give this movie a 6.5/10 for me, I mean it's not a bad movie, it's just to entertain yourself for a while; although the plot is very cliché, there are many movies that even if they have a cliché plot, it can still work if it is written well with its characters, and that's my problem with this movie, most (rather, all) of the characters feel quite flat and don't have that much chemistry with other characters: they either keep fighting or can be quite irritating (the only friendship I liked It was Ruby and Chelsea's, but since in the trailers she was always mention that she was the bad guy, the typical betrayal was already coming and I think Chelsea's character could have been better). It certainly seemed like DreamWorks wanted this movie to humiliate Disney even more, but at the end of the day it turned out that it was the same studio (DreamWorks) who was humiliated by their own movie. Seriously it is a disappointment and a shame. 😠😞😢

Here is my ranking of the animated movies released in June☀: 1.- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse 🕷👦🏾 2.- Nimona ❤‍🔥😈 3.- Elemental 🔥💧 4.- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 🐙🧜‍♀ But if we include The Super Mario Bros: Movie it would be like this (they are the 2023 animated movies so far this year): 1.- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse 🕷👦🏾 2.- Nimona ❤‍🔥😈 3.- The Super Mario Bros: Movie. 👨‍🔧🍄 4.- Elemental 🔥💧 5.- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 🐙🧜‍♀

Even if this burrows story and visual elements from “The Little Mermaid”, “Luca”, and “Turning Red”, I admired its subverted notion on mermaids vs. sea monsters, the cartoony animation that didn’t feel off-putting, and its different take on the characters. Also, in terms of DreamWorks poking fun at Disney, I honestly prefer “Ruby Gillman” over “Bee Movie” as a 7.5 out of 10 experience, even way better than "Shark Tale".

I give this movie a 5/10. Less points for being predictable, mediocre, and having “how do you do fellow kids” energy.

I love this movie. They’re animators work so hard to make this.

The Krakens and mermaids look more normal than the human characters.

I'd say the Human Designs look more like Wallace and Gromit extras made by an A.I.

All i can say about Ruby Gillman is that it's trying to be a parody of The Little Mermaid, a re-hash of Turning Red, a gender-flipped Luca, and a slightly better version of Rumble minus the wrestling, all at the same time

Its like they were so dead set on bashing and satirizing disney they forgot to make a good movie

Too be honest, I give this movie a 7.5/10. Sure it’s has some flaws, but I had a good time watching the film. Also, I think some movie don’t need to have a moral to be a good film.

Those humans from Ruby Gillman looks more like they belong to Sausage Party.

The humans actually looks more like if humans appeared in trolls.

Most people complained and whine that it is similar to Luca and Turning Red where the protagonist is a sea monster 🌊 👻 and a red panda 🔴🦝 keeping his or her identity from the public. But for me personally, this feels more like a sea monster version of My Life as a Teenage Robot 🤖. Think about where the protagonist is a sea monster instead of robot who tries to live a normal life as a regular teenager but she doesn't realized who she truly was and both Ruby and Jenny have overprotective strict mothers. Yes we can pretty much say that both Jenny and Ruby have mommy 👩🏻 issues. Let's retitled this film My Life as a Teenage Kraken.

Yeah most of the film plot was spoiled in the trailers. We knew that Chelsea was evil and was going to fight ruby. Also I didn’t like rubys friends, especially that stereotypical best friend, quirky,pink hair girl.

I can finally say that illuminations knows how to make stylized humans

This film is literally, beat for beat, The Little Mermaid 2. Seriously, the similarities are shockingly accurate.

The movie wants to be about the reconciliation of three generations of women but like, Ruby didn't give a flying puck about it She didn't care about her mom and grandma potentially making up. They just mended things after Nerissa's defeated and just settled Ruby as if it was a custody battle on how she should be raised without her actual input Ruby already had a goal after achieving her need thanks to her friendship with Chelsea That goal was ending a racewar and daring to have sympathy for the species of her new friend (who again, saved her life) after she was told to hate after finding out they've been forced into hiding

The animation just.. doesn't look good to me. The ocean scenes are empty AF, the human designs are weird at best and horrific at worst, and Ruby being LITERALLY BLUE makes the townspeople look stupid for not realizing she's a sea creature. The only good animation parts of the movie that are genuinely impressive is the hair physics of each human + Chelsea, and the water hair that Nerisa has when above the ocean. It's satisfying watching the water bounce around and be dynamic as Nerisa moves around. It's cool! But other than that... yeah. 😂

I think Nimona has ruined the "character is considered a monster, but only wants to be understood" trope for me, they did it SO WELL most other iterations of it badly pale in comparison. I've always hated that the endgoal for these types of characters is to be normal and perfectly integrated into society, because for some people "you" will always be outside of what is considered "normal", and "normal society" is not a neutral concept or a natural order, it's a construct with tons of built-in biases. The Disney-Pixar (and now Dreamworks, I guess) way of dealing with these themes is completely naive and simplistic.

I think this would looked better as a short animated series other than a movie

It is unfortunate that Universal and DreamWorks are treating a film by a Sony Pictures Animation director really badly. Sony Pictures Animation is my Non-Disney animation studio right now with Spider-Verse

This is basically Dreamworks equivalent of strange world

Knew I wasn’t the only one that had an issue with the Human designs.

Yeah, DreamWorks DEFINITELY had more faith in Trolls 3. Also, I read the entire synopsis if the movie where it was revealed that DreamWorks DID just spell out the entire movie in the trailer. And thats really disappointing, because in spite of Chelsea's resemblance to a certain Disney character, I was hoping she'd become friends with Ruby- for reals this time. Like, she and Ruby would both struggle with animalistic tendencies like wanting to sink ships and eat human flesh, etc. Something else I thought wouldve been interesting story-wise was if the whole reason for the feud was that they were pointing fingers at each other for polluting each other's homes. Then they'd find out that it was actually the humans who were responsible for it. So they team up with that human boy (I forgot what his name was) and take down a CEO or something- idk, I didn’t think that far ahead. :p

This movie feels like Luca and Turning Red but without any of the charm or charisma.

I watched it in Mexico while on vacation with family, and we all had a good time. It was in Spanish so perhaps that’s why the jokes may have landed better, but we were all laughing throughout. It wasn’t anywhere near as good as the previous dreamworks films or the new little mermaid, but it was a fun way to spend a couple of hours out of the heat. Afterward the sun had gone down enough to get in the pool at the resort for the rest of the day that my little cousins and I were playing Krakens Vs mermaids. Basically just tag in the pool but my point being that kids will definitely have fun with it

I'm sorry but the character design is just disgusting

Nimona 9/10 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 9/10 Elemental 8/10 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 7/10 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 5/10 The Magician’s Elephant 5/10 That's a big oof...

One man's mediocrity is another man's entertainment. I'm looking forward to watching Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken on Netflix.

The only thing that can SAVE this movie is MAKING AN ANIMATED SERIES ABOUT IT! Dreamworks must get someone who already worked with this kind of storytelling like Rob Renzetti Of MLAATR or Matt Braly of Amphibia fame or Steve Marmel Of Kim Possible fame. Dreamworks should get one of those two to help produce a show about the movie that expands the worldbuilding and turn Chelsea and Ruby into rivals on par with Optimus Prime and Megatron! Expand the world! Introduce other sea creatures who are on the mermaid's side, the Kraken's side or are neutral! More character development! WHO IS WITH ME?

"Your just a dumb teenager." "YOUR 16 TOO!" "16 IS AN ADULT IN MY CULTURE" "😶" She would have made a fantastic foil to Ruby's character. One wants to be loved by humans - The other is loved by humans but doesn’t care. One is loved but is strained by her mother - the other wants to feel loved but her mother is dead. One loves the surface life, the other loves the ocean. One wants to be an adolescent - the other wants to be an adult. Both are princesses/queens. It would have made more sense to the story and plus imagine if when she got the trudent, she had a flashback to her mom going in for the trident and Chelsea and her sisters crying. That would have made it look like she was more conflicted. I also think it would have been cool to have connor be an african based legend that Hollywood hasn't done before which would explain the

I know it's unfair to compare it to stuff like Turning Red, Luca, The Bad Guys, and The Last Wish because they all are entirely different beasts compared to it... ...but this film really is a SERIOUS case of wasted and missed potential, and it's quite easy to tell it really had a messy production(dating all the way back to the mid-late 2010s). There are a lot of things I love about Ruby Gillman and they do help save the film, but I really think the things about it that don't work seriously do not work. I really have the exact same feelings for it that I do with Ron's Gone Wrong, where they both suffer from a lot of things that keep them from being great or even good, but the things that do work do make them at the very least decent. But considering how much I love certain aspects of Gillman, it really could have been so much better. Very spot on review by the way, Mat!

You’re right. Ruby Gillman just came out of nowhere, and I can tell it bombed in the box office thanks to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which I thought was an improvement from the mediocre Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The story felt too similar to Turning Red, with a touch of Luca. It’s not the best Dreamworks movie, but I thought it was kind of cute and still more worth watching than The Little Mermaid remake, and it had stunning animation too. I noticed this movie was co-written by Pam Brady, who was also part of the writing crew in South Park. She even co-wrote South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and Team America: World Police alongside Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

So, I'm investing in Ruby Gillman stocks. In 10 years we're gonna have a sequel to this movie that's actually nuts and does everything the first movie should have done, and nobody's going to have any idea why Dreamworks decided to go hard with it.

If I were a kid, I would've loved this movie 10/10. However, I'm an adult now, and I see this movie as one of those movies that are primarily for kids/teens. Imo not every movie they make has to be as hyped as Avangers endgame. I will say there were too many trailers that gave away spoilers and showed basically the whole movie from first, middle, and end. Honestly I've had interest watching this movie mainly because it feels like a generic high school story kinda like those good cartoons that takes place in high school mixed with elements of kyodai heroes (basically Ultraman) and plus I was expecting this movie to not do well at the box office mainly because it was a brand new movie with new characters, and plus there were too many movies last month and the fact it was releasing at the end of the month near the 4th of July holiday I guess not so many people went to see it. Anyways I might watch Ruby on Digital soon to see how I rate it. Nice video bro

How'd they make the Krakens and Mermaids look appealing but the humans look like the mutated aftermath of a nuclear explosion?

I had just saw Ruby Gillman and honestly, I thought it was pretty fun for the most part. Granted, I do wish that the twist villain wasn’t revealed in the trailer (major red flag) and that the film would take some time to breathe in some scenes. It had more “telling” instead of “showing,” if you know what I mean. And only one mermaid was present, there could’ve been more added in, like the other kraken. Despite its flaws and questionable marketing, I liked the characters, most of their designs, and the story. This film wasn’t as grand as Puss in Boots 2, or The Bad Guys sure, but I still liked it for what it is, even though it could’ve been better.

To bring back a quote from the Small Foot review, HOW CAN A MAJOR ANIMATION STUDIO SCREW UP THE EYES SO BADLY?!!! But for real, what were the crew artists thinking???! - 8:11 to 9:02 😱😱😱😱

Why is everyone built like a sock monkey plush💀

I highly recommend this Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken to anyone who wants to see Dreamworks satirize Disney's The Little Mermaid a month after the live-action remake for that film came out. I thought Ruby Gillman would be great for anyone who wants to (1) see what Dreamworks does next after Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, (2) pay tickets for this instead of Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid, or (3) hear how cute the star of To All The Boys I've Loved Before sounds as a leading voice actor for an animated film.

Honestly, why even bothering having a twist villain if the trailer already spoiled it?

I was wondering why the Human designs looked so familiar, they looked like the designs from SMALLFOOT

My rating: 6/10 I can watch this film and see where it’s trying to be good, but in the way some characters and plot lines can get annoying with how pandering and obnoxious they can be, it makes this film not hard to watch, but not really fun to watch. Some aspects are good and charming like Ruby Gillman herself, and some points with the animation can be cool to watch , but the rest felt too similar to turning red, some moments were way too over the top and overall I just felt somewhat annoyed and honestly bored watching the film. I can say this is one of the films where I feel like if I didn’t watch it, I literally didn’t miss much

I seemed to enjoy this film.

Its funny how flushed away was Aardman claymation style in 3D made by dreamworks decades ago

No wonder why its flopped in the box office

Somehow, the writers, distributors, and marketers at DreamWorks and Universal were “daydreaming” while working on this film am I right? Bad jokes aside, yeah it’s really weird how they barely advertised it. It’s unsurprising that critics and viewers felt mixed about this. Don’t be surprised that they’ll feel the same way with Trolls Band Together. Regardless of people’s feelings about it, this would be a financial step up compared to Ruby Gillman although it won’t make a huge amount of money Minions style. But we’ll have to wait and see. To paraphrase your Home review, “As for the quality of the future DreamWorks movies themselves, we’re gonna wait until next year when the next Kung Fu Panda movie comes out”.

Soo... its the plot of Halloweentown...but with sea monsters...

"This may be a bit of a better underwater experience than 'Shark Tale', but this is such a disappointing downgrade from 'The Last Wish'." Hmm...that comment makes me curious on what will happen if AniMat reviews Shark Tale.

While I really wanted to see a Sequel to this movie, I can't help but just laugh at this coming right after Puss In Boots 2 and putting a stop to all the "DreamWorks is gonna destroy Disney" memes that have been shoved down by throat by the online fans.

I've seen this a few months ago, even was a tad drunk, and well, it's not a terrible movie, imo. There are a couple of things I like about this but can say it's one of the weakest movies from DreamWorks. A few moments between mother and daughter were actually nice, some jokes were good especially that algebra joke which I the best one I'd say and the visuals were really damn good as the animation goes. Would my opinions be the same if I watch this again when I'm sober? Yeah. If anyone loves this, more power to em, no judging.

I personally tought it was a meh movie, just like everyone else i expected WAY more. I fell in love with Chelsea and Ruby (mostly Chelsea as you may notice) but all the other characters were weirdly designed and boring. Everything is predictible and cliche. It really felt like an copy of Turning Red, but with less money budget.

The first half of the movie I really enjoyed. It was a more relatable and less annoying version of Turning Red. Becoming a raging kraken and your mom hiding it from you is a little more relatable to periods than a red panda. They did a good job of representing a mix of modern Gen Z and Millennial experiences in the depiction of Ruby's daily life and relationships. Her friends felt a little more real and genuine. After that it was a car wreck like you saw a car crash and then the car desperately trying to wobble itself to the end of the finish line. The mermaid being evil sucked, the sea captain instantly being cool with krakens sucked, the suddenly krakens are the emblem of the school sucked, the "lets just lazer beam it at the same time" really really sucked. Do better. Thats how I feel about this movie. Could have been great. Wish it was. Would have loved a Ruby Gilman hoodie if the movie was at least mediocre. And tiny point of contention. It was weird that the main character was obviously asian and her entire family white. It just felt like there was a disanence like she was adopted. The whole thing with her grandma and interactions with her family felt weird.

The first trailer already spoiled the entire premise. That's the problem.

If Luca and Turning Red got together and had a baby, Teenage Kraken would be that baby.

8:24 if you look in the back, there is a nameless background character that ACTUALLY looks suspiciously like Wallace from Wallace & Gromit.

Yeah the humans look unfinished. They make most of the humans in the first Madagascar look decent in comparison

I'd still take this over Shark Tale, Boss Baby, and Turbo. Maybe this'll serve as a lesson for people who used Dreamworks to bash Disney. This studio has always been inconsistent, and y'all thought it would replace Disney Animation?

I actually chose to see this instead of Indiana Jones because I wanted to support original IP's.

I'm tired of the ,,kid is a superhero but wants to be a normal teenager!" trope, because even when I was a kid, I thought it's unrealistic. Why would anybody want to be normal, mundane, like everybody else? Why they won't make a movie about a normal teenager, who gets a chance to become a superhero?

I think that the human design of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is way better than Ruby Gillman

It might be worse this year for DreamWorks because Trolls Band Together is out in November. Here’s hoping Kung Fu Panda 4 for next year will be awesome.

Everybody is saying that Dreamworks has fallen off, yet many people don’t realize that this is how they always were. At one point you get movies like Shark Tale and Shrek The Third, and the next thing you know they make movies like Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon. I find it pretty ignorant that people are saying that they have fallen off yet again. These people need to accept and realize that Dreamworks was always a roller coaster ride of quality, and that is honestly what I love about dreamworks. They are always willing to take on new ideas that some other studios may not be willing to make, and who knows, maybe after Ruby Gillman and Trolls: Band Together, we could get another masterpiece from Dreamworks. It is only a matter of trudging through the mud in order to get the gold.

Luca + Turning Red + The Little Mermaid + Trolls + Shark Tale = Ruby Gillman Teenage Kranken

That's the main problem with DreamWorks Animation: They're usually quantity over quality.

Despite how utterly awful Chelsea is as a person, I’d be stupid to deny that she looks beautiful! Hey, someone’s gotta say it

This movie is quite the splash when I saw it with my dad last weekend! I noticed that Chelsea reminded me of Ariel from The Little Mermaid a little bit because they are both mermaids! This movie was SO GOOD!!!

"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 3"