The characters designs are fire wtf!!!!!

Creepy, angsty stop-motion animation from the director of _Coraline_ and the writer of _Get Out_. _Wendell & Wild_ tells the story of Kat, a gloomy orphaned adolescent still coming to terms with the sudden loss of her parents. Prickly and angry, she’s burnt bridges at a long string of foster homes and now lands in a failing religious school on the outskirts of her once-happy hometown. It’s her last chance to get right, but the opportunity is immediately complicated by a preppy gang of well-intentioned girls, a murderous private prison conglomerate and a pair of pushy, rebellious demons with plans to turn the fading village into an undead amusement park. Kat’s world is overly busy, a million unrelated threads tangled in the dark, and only half-resolved when the credits roll. Its characters are fresh and diverse, vibrant in spirit as well as appearance, and the soundtrack (a distinct mix of killer afro-punk jams) is outta sight. Everything looks great, the humor mostly works, there’s plenty of heart... but something’s missing. With so many competing subplots and narrative wrinkles, we rarely get a chance to dwell on a single subject for more than a few beats, making even the primary threads seem superficial and unimportant. There’s an awkward lack of polish, which makes it feel swollen and unfinished. And the twin title characters, a happy reunion of the _Key & Peele_ comedy team, never evolve beyond simple, irritating sideshows. In scattered isolation, there’s a lot to like. As a collective whole, nothing really fits together. It tries to do too much, without understanding what to do with the pile of mismatched pieces it’s already got.

Worth your time. In time, it might be a classic like the other great stop motion animated films that have come before.

An overstuffed but fun, sweet and imaginative PG animated horror. There's A LOT going on in this film, perhaps too much for a film running under 2 hours. Netflix could've easily turn this into a tv show but thank God they didn't. The production design and animation in this are incredible as expected, with characters that have certain elements that make them truly unique. The amount of creativity that fills each frame is truly admirable, although it ends up making the film feel overpacked. It does feel like it doesn’t really give you enough time to breathe or soak everything in. That said, I find the jumps between scenes to be delightfully odd, and they definitely pair so well with the unique characters and visuals. Worth a watch.