Henry Selick and Jordan Peele dream big—maybe too big—in the animated frightmare Wendell & Wild
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot to summon them to the Land of the Living.While Kat raises hell at Catholic school, down in the underworld Wendell and Wild perform prison labor on a hair farm, riding a tardigrade that drills holes and squirts hair gel into the enormous head of Buffalo Belzer , their demon father who runs an amusement park of the damned on his fat stomach.
building. Selick clearly wants us to just go with it since he’s creating as many opportunities to dazzle us as possible. And maybe we should, but it bogs down large chunks of the film, as do the often sluggish line readings that affect Peele, Key and the rest of a terrific voice cast that includes James Hong as the school headmaster, and Angela Bassett as a nun with a secret.
The enervated pacing is easier to endure when every visual element is a dark and disturbing delight, starting with the character designs credited to Argentinian designer Pablo Lobato. With her green hair, eyebrow piercings and “don’t mess with me” combat boots, Kat is a punk rock disruptor, the better to hide her anger and insecurity. Wendell and Wild’s designs are sights to behold.
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