As promised, I’ve changed up the format on my movie reviews by cutting out the chase and getting right to the point…is this flick any good? A resounding yes with an endorsement to see it at an Alamo Drafthouse if you you live in the vicinity of one.
All the people involved in making Tin Tin are on my A-list for storytelling: Stephen Moffatt (Doctor Who), Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and the incredible Peter Jackson. Spielberg is iffy with me but he did bring in Kennedy and Marshall, the team who made the Indiana Jones series. Through all these people, there’s a fine balance of action, mystery, thrills and humor, mostly slapstick. For the purists, this interpretation will be too Anglo-American for their tastes; the title character is Belgian and I imagine all the surrounding details are too.
I found the 3-D element unnecessary. Both times I saw this, I didn’t have any choice, it was Tin Tin with the surcharge or Chipwrecked in Chicago, aka Justin Bieber times three.
The story is pretty self-explanatory, it’s a treasure hunt with the protagonist and his dog Snowy traveling to a distant locale. What made me enjoy it was the execution.
By the time I’ve posted, the movie probably has very limited distribution as other new releases are pushing Tin Tin out to make room. So my recommendation would be to put it at the top of your rental/streaming lists when this becomes available in the Spring.