Random Movie Review - The Queen's Corgi

There is something I do need to say that must be said before looking at films that are animated and are not made by the heavyweights of feature length animation. Many animation companies have to spend a lot of time working on their animation to get it to a high standard. Some may never reach that stage because people don't give them a chance whereas others will if the films they release are actually pretty good. The reason I say this is that people forget that there are loads of animation companies out there who all try to give us the best films they can possibly make. Some do really well to the point where the films in question get nominated for awards. So its really all about giving animation companies a chance to show what they can do and then you can decide whether you like their offerings or not. This brings us to The Queen's Corgi which is made by nWave Pictures who have made animation films for a while now, but most of their films have recieved a mixed reception. So let's see what this one is like:

Before we begin, there are two versions of the film with one having an all British cast and one having an all American cast. I'm only interested in the former because that's the version we got here in the UK.

The Queen (voiced by acting and comedy legend, Julie Walters) is one day given another corgi to add to her family of dogs. This corgi in question is known as Rex (voiced by British comedian Jack Whitehall) who quickly becomes top dog much to the annoyance of his peers. During a state visit, the president of the United States (voiced by legendary British impressionist, Jon Culshaw) pays a visit to Buckingham Palace with his wife (voiced by Debra Stephenson) and their own dog Mitzi (voiced by Sarah Hadland) whom the Queen suggests could be a mate to one of her own dogs. Mitzi chooses Rex and chaos happens which leads to him escaping the palace and somehow finding himself in a rehoming centre. It is here where Rex must find a way home or maybe change himself forever somehow.

Its a very predictable story that has been done to death many times before. Its also one of those films that will no doubt be dated very quickly due to the president and his wife both being modelled around the current (at the time of writing this) president of the United States and his first lady. Though I will say their mannerisms is spot on. So aside from those two things, the animation is ok at best. But I would have thought that for a company that have been around for a while, surely their animation can be better than this. So yeah maybe best to leave this one be if you want something with more quality, but kids and some dog lovers will enjoy it for sure. 6/10