Netflix's 'Wendell & Wild' gives us a Key & Peele reunion (sort of) and a match made in heaven — the duo plus 'Nightmare Before Christmas' animator Henry Selick — that takes place in hell. Our review:
Enter the movie’s hero: Kat Elliot . The daughter of Delroy and Wilma Elliot, both pillars of the Rust Bank community who ran the local brewery, she was a kid who grew up in an environment of love and social responsibility. Then a car accident late one night left her an orphan, and she spent five years acting out her rage and grief in various different locations. Now 13 years old, Kat has been given what she calls a “do-over.
Forgot, for a second, that this movie bears the name of its comic-relief couple — Kat is the center of what will turn out to be a large, rotating cast of characters and a multi-tentacled narrative that touches on more aspects thencan possibly or effectively deal with.
None of this should detract from the movie’s good elements and better-angels best intentions. This doesn’t just feature the most diverse cast of characters of any animated movie — it’s one of the most diverse round-ups ofgives you the impression it wants to make up for decades of misrepresentation, or a complete lack of representation at all, in a little under two hours.