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Follow That Koala!
Directed by Owen Laramore
Produced by Owen Laramore
Kaitlyn Porras
Chris Jenkins
Screenplay by Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Story by Owen Laramore
Kaitlyn Porras
Chris Wedge
Carlos Saldanha
Steve Martino
Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz
Tina Fey
Presley Smith
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Sacha Baron Cohen
John Goodman
Zachary Levi
Adelyn Lebaron
Sam Rockwell
Jennifer Lawrence
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Edited by Darren T. Holmes
Production
companies
Olaramore04
20th Century Animation
Distributed by 20th Century Studios
Release date August 9, 2024
Running time 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $90 million
Box office $1.092 billion


Follow That Koala! is a 2024 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Olaramore04 and distributed by 20th Century Studios. Directed by Owen Laramore from a screenplay penned by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the film features the voices of Chloë Grace Moretz, Tina Fey, Presley Smith, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sacha Baron Cohen, John Goodman, Zachary Levi, Adelyn Lebaron, Sam Rockwell, and Jennifer Lawrence. Set in Humboldt County, California, the film's story centers on a fun-loving, eccentric young adult koala taking a rare teddy bear cub from a circus to visit her parents with the assistance of a tough-as-nails kangaroo police officer while on the run from a single-minded, narcissistic security guard who thinks she's a "bear-thief".

Follow That Koala! was released in theaters on August 9, 2024. The film received widespread universal acclaim from critics, who praised the story, humor, animation, characters, and the performances of Moretz and Fey, with many considering it the best animated film of 2024 and the best Olaramore04 film. The film was also a huge success, grossing $1.092 billion worldwide and becoming the first Olaramore04 film to generate $1 billion in global ticket sales. It is also the second highest-grossing animated film of 2024 and the highest-grossing Olaramore04 film. It also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. A sequel, The Return Of That Koala!, was released on July 28, 2028.

Plot[]

In Humboldt County, California, an eccentric, fun-loving young adult koala named Cupcake heads to the Picker's Circus near Bayshore Mall and watches the star attraction, the Great Master. He introduces an anthropomorphic teddy bear named Teddy, who accidentally wrecks the show due to stage fright. The Great Master hires Cupcake to do a magic trick. Teddy and Cupcake disappear and end up in the basement. After Teddy bonds with Cupcake over their loneliness explains the circus took her away from her parents, Dianne and Davidson, and her home at Teddy Bear Mountain in Willow Creek, Cupcake promises to take her home.

Meanwhile, a self-absorbed and single-minded security guard named Phil Franco is hired, and hires a tough-spirited kangaroo named Kai K. Kangaroo from the Eureka Police Department to find Teddy. The chief of police, Emmanuel Elephant, agrees on the condition that Teddy not being back at the circus in three days would result in her dismissal. At Bayshore Mall, Cupcake and Teddy hop on board a boxcar for the Teddy Bear Mountain Express, where Kai finds them, but can't get them off the boxcar before the train leaves the station. The next day, upon a fight between Cupcake and Kai causes the boxcar to separate from the rest of the Teddy Bear Mountain Express, Cupcake and Kai agree to a deal; they take Teddy to visit her parents under the condition that Kai escort Teddy back to the Picker's Circus after that.

As Cupcake, Kai, and Teddy head towards Teddy Bear Mountain in Willow Creek (where Kai secret wants to turn the one who took Teddy out of the Picker's Circus in to Phil as part of a deal), they meet a farmer named James and his daughter Jane and spend the night at their farm house. Back at the Picker's Circus, Phil discovers that Cupcake is trying to take Teddy to Willow Creek and sets out to arrest her, believing her to have "bear-napped" Teddy. That night, Kai receives a call from the Great Master and Emmanuel that Humboldt has assumed Cupcake to be a bear-napper and Teddy's disappearance is jeopardizing the Picker's Circus' future and his career. Cupcake and Kai have a disagreement over whether Teddy should be returned to the Picker's Circus or visit her family, during which Cupcake finds out of Kai's deception and rejects her.

The next morning, Kai, having a change of heart, changes her mind, but Phil arrives in a helicopter and corners Cupcake. Kai comes to Cupcake's defense, betrays Phil, throws him into a rain barrel while Teddy lets out a tremendously magnificent roar that scares the pilot into flying away. Cupcake reconciles with Kai, and Cupcake, Kai, and Teddy say goodbye to James and Jane, escape in a hollowed-out school bus, and arrive at Teddy Bear Mountain, where Teddy reunites with her parents. At the same time, however, Phil arrives, brutally tranquilizes Teddy, and captures and arrests her, Kai, and Cupcake.

In the plane, as Cupcake and Kai resign themselves to facing the consequences, they overhear Phil privately talking to his co-pilot in the cock pit and piece together Phil's plan: Phil lied to the public about Cupcake for the sake of fame and will keep Teddy for himself, which would cause the Great Master's fear of the Picker Circus' closure to come true. Without Phil noticing, Cupcake steals his keys and frees them while Teddy distracts him. Cupcake, Kai and Teddy jump out of the helicopter with parachutes. Phil pursues them and grabs Kai, but loses his grip and falls into a pond. Upon returning to the Picker's Circus, they return Teddy to the Great Master and trick Phil into revealing his plot, and he is arrested.

With the Picker's Circus' glory and the Great Master's career restored, the crowd cheer for Cupcake and Kai, and Teddy waves goodbye to Cupcake and Kai. Several days later at Sequoia Park, Teddy reunites with Cupcake and Kai, with the Great Master revealing that her parents have joined his act, and Teddy now has her family. Cupcake, Kai, Teddy, the Great Master, his assistant Jennifer, Emmanuel, Jane, James, and Teddy's parents come together to celebrate Teddy and her family.

Cast[]

  • Chloë Grace Moretz as Cupcake Koala, a fun-loving, eccentric young adult koala who takes Teddy home to visit her family, but ends up on the run because of it.
  • Tina Fey as Kai C. Kangaroo, a tough-as-nails red kangaroo who is an officer for the Eureka Police Department. Although she can sometimes come off as cynical, she genuinely cares about Humboldt County and all who live in it.
  • Presley Smith as Teddy Bear, a "teddy bear" cub from the Picker Circus who is one of the last of her kind. As energetic and excitable as she can be, she also suffers severe trauma from being separated from her mom and dad when she was acquired by the Picker's Circus.
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Phil Franco, a single-minded and selfish security guard who views Cupcake as a "bear-napper" for stealing Teddy from the Picker's Circus.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen as the Great Master, an English magician and the star attraction of the Picker's Circus.
  • John Goodman as Chief Emmanuel Elephant, an African elephant who is the noble yet boastful chief of Police at the Eureka Police Department.
  • Zachary Levi as Beck Benson, a grey crowned crane who is a news reporter for Humboldt County.
  • Sam Rockwell as Farmer James, a kind farmer at the Humboldt Valley Ranch.
  • Adelyn Lebaron as Jane, James' daughter who befriends Cupcake and Teddy.
  • Jennifer Lawrence as Kimberley-Forlord Bergel, the mayor of Eureka.
  • Laraine Newman and David Koechner as Dianne and Davidson, Teddy's parents.
  • Jessica Szohr as Tiffany, Phil's quirky assistant.
  • Ellie Kemper as Jennifer, the Great Master's lovely assistant.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Follow That Koala! opened theatrically on August 9, 2024, and grossed about $156 million during its opening weekend. It has grossed $517 million in North America and $575 million in other territories. The film ended its theatrical run on December 29, 2024, having grossed $1.092 billion worldwide, against a $90 million production budget.

Critical response[]

Critics and audiences praised Follow That Koala! upon release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 99% rating based on 324 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "With an interesting story, good humor, colorful animation, and likable characters, Follow That Koala! is sure to provide young moviegoers and their parents another successful animated film from Olaramore04". On Metacritic, it has a score of 87 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

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