Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

PG

2017

1h 29m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two overly imaginative pranksters who spend hours in a treehouse creating comic books. When their mean principal threatens to separate them into different classes, the mischievous boys accidentally hypnotize him into thinking that he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

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With a tidy plot, clean animation, and humor that fits its source material snugly, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is entertainment that won't drive a wedge between family members.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

09/22/2017

3/5

David Soren's computer-animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's hit series of children's books avoids the pitfalls with enough success to amuse all ages.

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James White

Empire Magazine

07/27/2017

2/5

Silly and aimed squarely at the younger crowd, Captain Underpants has enough spirit to be entertaining. Just don't expect it to work all the time.

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Catherine Drake

Little White Lies

07/24/2017

4/5

A snappy animated comedy with a lovely, gooey, sentimental heart.

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

12/29/2021

5/5

If we had a kids movie that inspired that kind of creativity every year, it'd be a slightly happier world.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/06/2021

2.5/4

At least preferable to another recent summer hit, the torturous Despicable Me 3.

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Hosea Rupprecht

Pauline Media Studies

08/25/2021

If your kids are familiar with the books by Dav Pilkey, they will probably get a kick out of the age-appropriate potty humor and fart jokes in the movie. I have to confess that I really enjoyed the antics of George and Harold.

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joe 1

@joe_16 May 15

Best movie i've ever watched, would Watch it again cuz this Was so Good,

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emmett A

@antboylover May 4

my underpants were captained by this peak cinema

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Landen F.

@RT13572315 Apr 7

I really like the movie’s animation and jokes but I keep having the problem with Kevin hearts voice being off

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Hugo T

@RT61688783 Mar 16

The captain underpants movie is an excellent movie as it's humor and slight romantic part really made it funny and it's nostalgia hit hard

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Taunt T.

@taunt Mar 1

Peak nostalgia, amazing movie. I think this adaptation deserves a s teir tbh, amazing movie

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Justin K.

@bootsyandbbyratemoofies27 Feb 6

Blissfully surprising. Though still an adaptation of a comic book underwear man, I laughed more than I’d like to admit.

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Synopsis

George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two overly imaginative pranksters who spend hours in a treehouse creating comic books. When their mean principal threatens to separate them into different classes, the mischievous boys accidentally hypnotize him into thinking that he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

Director: David Soren
Producer: Mireille Soria, Mark Swift
Screenwriter: Nicholas Stoller
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: DreamWorks Animation, Mikros Image, Scholastic Entertainment Inc.
Rating: PG (Mild Rude Humor Throughout)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.9M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)