It's a really sweet little story about a talking parrot. No, really, not a parrot that can imitate sounds, but one that can hold conversations and think, and talks like Jay Mohr doing a Buddy Hackett imitation, which is who voices the parrot. He's bonded with a little girl, whose parents gave him away, and he spends the movie trying to get back, dealing with people like Gena Rowlands, Buddy Hackett (the real one in his last screen role), Jay Mohr and Bruce Davison as an evil blond scientist.
Unlike many children's fantasy movies, this one succeeds by just getting along with its story and its details of incidents along the way, Paulie narrating his biography to Tony Shalhoub. With a good fantasy gimmick, you don't need to load on the content, and this movie does it well.
Unlike many children's fantasy movies, this one succeeds by just getting along with its story and its details of incidents along the way, Paulie narrating his biography to Tony Shalhoub. With a good fantasy gimmick, you don't need to load on the content, and this movie does it well.