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The greatest turkey movie of all time.
2013 • 91 min • Animation · Comedy · Family
Synopsis
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 59 Audience · 874 · 49%
Two turkeys, one a scrawny outcast and the other a strong leader, must travel back in time to change history and get their species off the holiday menu. They learn to work together despite their differences to achieve their goal.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Some cartoon chase scenes and minor peril
- A few rude humor moments
What it models well
- Cooperation and teamwork
- Standing up for what
- s right
- Empathy for animals
Talk about it after
- The history of Thanksgiving traditions
- Different ways to solve problems peacefully
- The importance of friendship
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Top billed cast
Director: Jimmy Hayward • Crew: Jimmy Hayward, Scott Mosier, David I. Stern, John J. Strauss
Owen Wilson
Reggie (voice)
Woody Harrelson
Jake (voice)
Amy Poehler
Jenny (voice)
George Takei
S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
Colm Meaney
Myles Standish (voice)
Keith David
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Dan Fogler
Governor William Bradford (voice)
Jimmy Hayward
Ranger / Leatherbeak / President / Hazmats (voice)
- J
Jeff Biancalana
General Sagan / Hazmats (voice)
Danny Carey
Danny (voice)
Trailers & clips
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers> Mission thanksgiving. The turkeys time to fight back! It is definitely an underrated animation. Okay, I agree, Disney is solely dominating the animation industry, especially at present. But this film is no masterpiece like that Disney makes yet not bad to ignore complete. Yes, there are flaws in it, but very acceptable as they're just minors. In the animations, the real world logics won't apply.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 5.9/10 (874)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $55,000,000
- Box office
- $110,000,000
- IMDb
- tt1621039
