Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 Review

Characters

The public has spoken and the design of Sonic changed for the better. The rest of the cast matched up perfectly and didn’t disappoint. The best part of the movie was Jim Carrey’s Eggman. He brings a ton of comedic timing and layers to his villainous character.

Reviewer’s Curve

After the first design of Sonic I wasn’t too thrilled about the movie. The new design really improved on things. You can definitely notice a few scenes of bad CGI since they had to change things around.

Plot

The plot was way too simple. It’s very forgettable once you’ve watched it. There could have been something more memorable to it.

Pacing

There were rarely any points of drag. It definitely helped with the entire movie especially since the plot was kind of skimpy.

Spoilers

The final battle really felt lackluster. It started off slow and finished quite quickly. It didn’t allow the audience the time to root for the hero. I wish they had a longer final battle. Sonic basically sneezed on Eggman and defeated him. It even took it a step further with Marsden’s character getting another punch in before the ending. You can really tell Eggman didn’t have a chance in winning at all.

Rings, rings, rings…these things seemed a bit too powerful. You basically had unlimited teleportation abilities all movie long. I don’t mind the tool but Sonic had a ton of them which made it ridiculous. They should have limited it to maybe 10 of them were salvaged.

I might have to make this into it’s own section. Trailers!!!! Why do you show too much?! A lot of the best parts of the movie happened in the trailer. There are very few points in the movie that didn’t pop up into the trailer at some point.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Cast and Details

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) is directed by Jeff Fowler and stars Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter and Neal McDonough. It runs 99 minutes and is rated PG. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my Birds of Prey (2020) review.