‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Review: Faster and More Fun Than the Other ‘Sonic’ Movies, with Jim Carrey in an Epic Turn
variety.comOwen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is wired-up synthetic fun. It’s a trivial kiddie flick that moves at the speed of your mind playing video games.
Video-game films seldom have that quality — they tend to be overproduced and lugubrious. But “Sonic 3” gives hyperactivity a good name.
Jeff Fowler, who directed all three of these movies, is a quicker and wittier flimflam magician of energy than he was when he made the first “Sonic” in 2020. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is just a vivaciously staged throwaway, but it has a spirit that recalls the elegant tomfoolery of “The Super Mario Bros.
Movie” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” And it’s anything but mindless. Though it never announces itself in this way, the entire movie — nuclear light shows, plot to blow up the world, a team of heroes fast enough to run circles around physics — is a parody of the grandiosity of what superhero movies have become.
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