It is very rare for us to see films coming from South Africa, let alone animated films. It is great to see them producing films that show off their country. Many animated films these days are aimed at appealing to as broad an audience as possible in order to make enough money to cover their huge budgets. This film is clearly aimed at a younger audience, something that I think many other animated films miss out on. Other films try to add mature humour so as adults don't feel like taking their kids to these types of films is a chore. Films of this kind normally go straight to DVD/Blu-ray. The story is very simplistic and the drama is not too thrilling so as to not frighten the little ones too much.
I think there might be some appeal to adults to hear some of the famous voices in the cast Samuel L. Jackson makes a nice fatherly figure. Jeff Goldblum provides much of the films humour. Leonard Nimoy is great as a distinguished leader.
While this may not appeal to the adults taking their children to a film like this, it does fill a hole in the market for younger children that I think is sometimes over looked by some of the bigger animated films.
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