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Summary
A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the unlikely pair find themselves crisscrossing the globe on an adventure that brings out the best in both of them.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Kids
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+15)
Critics 52Audiences 67GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer52%
User score9.3
Audience score74%
IMDb5.2
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings2.4/5
Box office
5%of its budget back
- Budget
- $45 M
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it made back $2 M of the $45 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 25 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8985Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 53 countries, rent or buy in 19 more
+43Released
2024
November 1, 2024
2 years ago
Genres
AnimationComedyAdventureFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightIntergenerationalKidsPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchPure Escapism19 of 19
Jason SudeikisHitpig (voice)
Lilly SinghPickles (voice)
Rainn WilsonLeapin' Lord of the Leotard (voice)
AnittaLeticia dos Anjos (voice)
Hannah GadsbyKoala (voice)
RuPaulPolecat (voice)
Charlie AdlerSuper Rooster / Lobster / Nuke Techs (voice)
Flavor FlavChef Emcee (voice)
Lorraine AshbourneBig Bertha (voice)
Andy SerkisNewscaster (voice)
Shelby YoungCatchvan (voice)
Dave RosenbaumJanitor (voice)
Isabella SummersOpera Diva (voice)
Dennis LeonardFluffy (voice)- RKRory Kardos-IvessAdditional Voices (voice)
- AKAislinn KardosAdditional Voices (voice)
Larissa GallagherAdditional Voices (voice)
May ChartersAdditional Voices (voice)
Brian DurkinAdditional Voices (voice)
Directing · 3
- David Feiss Director, Head of Story
- Cinzia Angelini Director
- Maurizio Parimbelli Co-Director
Writing · 5
- Tyler Werrin Writer
- Dave Rosenbaum Writer, Producer
- Berkeley Breathed Story, Book, Executive Producer, Character Designer
- Juan Pedro Alcaide Head of Story
- Lisa Yokobori Head of Story
Production · 24
- Eamonn Butler Executive Producer
- Ivan Epstein Executive Producer
- John Blas Executive Producer
- Joe Della Rosa Executive Producer
- Tim Sarnoff Executive Producer
- Fonda Snyder Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Olaf Skjenna Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Rob Neal Editor
- Duncan Rochfort Associate Editor
Sound · 11
- Isabella Summers Original Music Composer
- Dennis Leonard Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- Kim B. Christensen Sound Designer
- Shaun Farley Sound Effects Editor, Supervising Sound Editor
- Danielle Dupre Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mary Ramos Music Supervisor
Art · 4
- Sylvie Lacroix Art Direction, Production Design
- Cory Toomey Storyboard Artist
- Rodrigo Villarreal Storyboard Artist
- David Dick Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Alex Parkinson Visual Effects Supervisor
- Huguette Pizzic Character Designer
- Philippe Zerounian Animation Director
- Marion Louw Visual Development
Lighting · 1
- Valerie Constant Lighting Artist
Other crew · 4
- Glenn McCoy Additional Writing
- Deena Dervenis Additional Writing
- Todd Clark Additional Writing
- Matias Ezequiel Mastrogiano CG Supervisor
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