The Bible meets Sing in this musical kids’ animation from Brazil that reimagines the animals on Noah’s ark competing in a talent contest. After 96 minutes, you might well be praying for their extinction. It’s frantically zany with plenty of hyperactive energy, but hopelessly low on originality. Presumably, it’s set in Old Testament times, but there are TikTok gags here and not-funny-enough jokes for adults about fake news.
That said, it begins not too badly at all with a pair of wisecracking musician mice, Tom and Vini, earwigging as God delivers his proclamation to Noah to build the ark. There’s a funny moment where Noah points out the numerous plot holes in the biblical story. How will the animals fit on one boat? Won’t they eat each other? What about the ones who live in cold climates? Noah’s granddaughter thinks God is overworked: “He’s lost it!”
