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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Two schoolboy chums hypnotise their grumpy principal into believing he's a barely competent superhero, in this anarchic animated adaptation of the bestselling child-friendly paperbacks. Buddies George and Harold (voiced by Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch) have together created a series of hand-drawn comics featuring Captain Underpants, who may be "faster than a stretching waistband" but proves something of a liability as a crime-fighter, especially when he's incarnated by their otherwise fiendishly stern headmaster. He's also foolishly filled a vacant teaching post with an evil genius bent on destroying children's laughter. Not a surprise when the disgruntled tutor's name is Professor Poopypants and the whole world's laughing at him. Mercifully short on actual poop, the resulting frolic is a virtually nonstop riot of silliness, which goes easy on self-improvement messages and understands that big white Y-fronts really are funny. Masterfully delivering on potty-themed slapstick the kids will love (watch out for the killer turbo-toilet!), it also serves up consistently knowing verbal wit that will have the grown-ups laughing out loud, too. It's super-dooper-pooper fun for all the family.

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Cast

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George BeardKevin Hart
Mr Krupp / Captain UnderpantsEd Helms
Professor Pee-Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants, "Pippy"Nick Kroll
Harold HutchinsThomas Middleditch
Melvin SneedlyJordan Peele
EdithKristen Schaal
Ms Tara RibbleDee Dee Rescher
Mr Morty FydeMel Rodriguez
Mr RectedBrian Posehn
TommyDavid Soren

Crew

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DirectorDavid Soren

Details

Theatrical distributor
20th Century Fox
Released on
2017-07-24
Languages
English | German | French | Spanish
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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