Bobbleheads

When Jim (Anthony de Stefanis) and his wife take their kids on a weekend getaway, their home is invaded by Earl’s no-good brother and his mischievous girlfriend Binky, who are intent on swapping in a rare bobblehead for one of their own. Now a trio of feisty bobbleheads – Ikioi, Kelani, and Purrbles McCat (Julian Sands, Karen Fukuhara, Luke Wilson, Khary Petyon, Brenda Song) must defend their house from the scheming pair. Directed by Kirk Wise (Beauty and the Beast), with a screenplay by Karl Geurs, and produced by Lawrence Kasanoff (Mortal Kombat), this fun-filled animated feature from Threshold Entertainment and Incessant Rain Studios is sure to delight families everywhere.

When it comes to 3D animation, studios need a lot of high-performance compute power. That’s why companies like Microsoft and Nvidia sponsor movies that utilize their software, hardware, and cloud computing services. The team behind Bobbleheads, an upcoming family film, needed a new animation pipeline that allowed them to work in the cloud and share resources globally.

The result is a fast-turnaround film that can produce a bobblehead for any sports figure — even the more obscure players who don’t have as many fans as LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, and Giannis Antetokounmpo. They can also turn around a bobblehead of Sister Jean for Loyola’s Final Four run in just 48 hours.

The only line that has any wit to it in this movie is from Binky, who complains about her husband and his best plan to get rich by selling their one-of-a-kind bobbleheads. It’s the only hint of a wry humor in this otherwise mindless film, which proves once again that you don’t need to be a genius to make a good movie.