HOP
3 out of 5 stars

this was more of a 2 star movie, but in the spirit of easter...i gave it a 3. i recommend eating mini cadbury creme eggs with this one. the sugar from the choc eggs will alleviate you from the cheesiness oozing from this one... ;)

this one is one of those half live-action half animation movies... these types bother me to the max, but i’ll summarize this one for ya: e.b. (voiced by russell brand) is the teenage son of the easter bunny (voiced by hugh laurie), who doesn’t want to take over the role of easter bunny, and just want to be a drummer instead. he runs away from easter island (his home), and uses the rabbit hole transporter to travel to “where dreams come true” AKA hollywood! there...he tries to stay with hugh hefner at the playboy bunny mansion (LOL), and while he’s crossing the street, he gets hit by a guy named fred o’hare. (james marsden- seriously? is this what you do in between x-men movies? :P) fred is a 20 something slacker-type, whose been living with his parents for a year, and can’t seem to land a job... after a family intervention during dinner, his loving sister sam asks fred to house-sit for her boss’s home in beverly hills since fred has no place to live. after hitting poor e.b. on the street, fred takes in the “crippled” bunny, and e.b. starts trashing the master bedroom, leaving carrots everywhere, and even leaving the jacuzzi on! (which results to bubbles EVERYWHERE!!!) all e.b. wants in life is to become a famous drummer, and he makes a deal with fred that he’ll get out of fred’s life forever if he just drives him to the hoff knows talent audition. (that’s right- david hasselhoff is sole judge in this world. HAH!) however, back on easter island... the chicks led by #2 chick carlos (voiced by hank azaria) decide to take over the easter candy factory. UH OH. :P

just because it’s a kid’s movie doesn’t mean it has to be cheesy... also, i really hate half live-action and half animation. the mix of the two really bothers me because i feel like if it’s going to be animation...IT SHOULD BE ANIMATION ALL THE WAY. also, this storyline is really shallow and the human storyline i.e. fred’s story of how he became the first human easter bunny was...stupid. it would have been a stronger movie if they just focused on e.b.’s life, and cut fred out. (sorry, fred...) oh well... at least i had some delicious cadbury creme eggs to savor while watching this one. ohhhhh cadbury, how i love you. :)