Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland is a children’s movie, a $190m children’s movie. The back story is the 1964 New York City World’s Fair where hints of the future are showcased and are the blue prints for the movie. In its boredom this film is classic Disney, harkening back to the 1960’s when it made sanitized wholesome broadcasts. The PG rating makes the movie devoid of anything interesting for adults. The children actors were cute but your money would be better spent at a petting zoo.

George Clooney does not appear until half way through the movie. The first half is devoted to a teenage girl and an adorable android girl and their benign   misadventures.  When Clooney appears he is a cantankerous grizzled middle aged man (Giving up suaveness must have been great sacrifice). Initially resisting to cooperate   with the girl’s Clooney falls in with them (surprise) and they go to Tomorrowland.  

Hugh Laurie shows up even later in the movie than Clooney. He is the evil Governor Nix who rules Tomorrowland. He is more bad than evil, George and Hugh have some non-belligerent history between them.  Towards the end of the movie Laurie breaks the Disney coda and says a mild curse, “bollocks”. Bollocks has many meanings in English slang, I am rooting for “balls”.

Because of the PG rating there is no sex (dah) but battles with the evil robots are sanitized to the point of tiresomeness.  Heads pop off like Ken dolls and motor oil substitutes for blood. A little Terminator brutality would have spiced up this dull broth.

The plot is all over the place. They hop from the present to the future using a small token with a capital blue T (wait until some kid chokes on this token as a tie in for a cereal). There is some reference to annihilation, but the why and wherefore are foggy.

The acting is on level of a wet paper towel. All the actors are good looking and cute (except Laurie). You would feel OK if your daughter or son dated them (except Clooney). But I refuse to pay $11.00 (senior citizen) for cute. If I want cute I would I buy a dam bunny. Disney tried for nostalgia with Tomorrowland, however their audience was fifty years ago.