
All in all, this was a great movie, blew me away. While adults will laugh at the onslaught of in-jokes, and trust me, there’s a lot. Kids will enjoy the silly humor, and the monkey. They threw away most of the characters from the first movie to make way for the newer characters, which I didn’t like that much, but how many characters can you throw in a story to have it make sense? This film is an amazing example of a movie made for kids and adults. For a family flick they handle this jumbled cast of characters with complex personalities amazingly. It tackles many themes like, a house divided cannot stand, the way to happiness is doing what you love, don’t dwell on the past, etc. I don’t want to give much away, but trust me, you’ll laugh. They handled every characters personality beautifully, and the inside jokes were hilarious. I walked into the theater not expecting to much, but when I left I was very happy with it.
