Cinema today looks back on a film released this Wednesday, December 22 in French theaters, a film that came out of the overflowing imagination of the little geniuses of the Illumination Entertainment studio (Ugly and nasty me, Minions). All in scene 2, by Briton Garth Jennings, is an animal musical, set in a city that looks like two drops of water in Las Vegas.
Five years ago, All on stage followed the crazy adventure of a koala crazy about show-bizz and his troop: Johnny the gorilla, Meeta the elephant, Ash a pretty female porcupine and especially the sow Rosita, respectable mother with a stamp to make Lady Gaga green with envy.
So here they are again, ready to conquer the most coveted palace in Las Vegas, with the help of a grizzled lion, ex-rock star who has retired for the big night.
The principle of the film has not changed one iota: each animal is interpreted by a star. Reese Witherspoon is the sow, Matthew McConaughey, the koala, Scarlett Johansson, the porcupine … and so on, more a newcomer and not the least, since it is Bono, the leader of the group U2, who plays the old lion.
The result is a sort of monstrous jukebox.
Rather than telling a story that holds up so little the road, Garth Jennings prefers to don the visual gags and covers.
The spectators will probably not have more than a millisecond to appreciate them as the pace is frantic.
But knowing that the original grossed over $ 630 million worldwide, it’s hard to imagine the public will miss out on this recall.