2008 · animation · action · comedy
Kung Fu Panda
Directed by Mark Osborne, John Stevenson1h 30m2008
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace. Under reluctant guidance by Master Shifu and the Furious Five, Po must embrace who he is to unlock the power that no scroll can teach.
Our read: Kung Fu Panda (2008) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded animation · action · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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