| Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mike Mitchell |
| Produced by | Audrey Wells Tatiana Wells |
| Screenplay by | Michael J. Wilson |
| Story by | Audrey Wells Alicia Kirk Andrei Svislotski Bosco Ng |
| Starring | Sarah Silverman Owen Laramore Lulu Wilson Brad Garrett Taylor Goll Kevin Hart Christopher McDonald Jamie Kennedy Bryan Cranston Derek Stephen Prince Stellan Skarsgård |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| Edited by | Antonio F. Rocco |
| Production company |
Dice Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Release date | January 31, 2020 (United States) |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million |
| Box office | $1.111 billion |
Vanellipe & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp is a 2020 American animated adventure film produced by Dice Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Vanellope & Friends: Time Travel and the sixth installment in the Vanellope & Friends franchise, it was directed by Mike Mitchell and stars Sarah Silverman, Owen Laramore, Lulu Wilson, and Taylor Goll reprising their roles from the previous films, joined by Brad Garrett, Kevin Hart, Christopher McDonald, Jamie Kennedy, Bryan Cranston, Derek Stephen Prince, and Stellan Skarsgård, who voice the new characters introduced. In the film, Vanellope von Schweetz and Ryan Oliver West set out to rescue Meredith H. Oak from a new enemy named St. Solomon, and unexpectedly end up back in Adventure Camp, where they enlist the help of Aaliyah Y. Sandoval and some new forest animal companions who mistake them for forest warriors.
Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp was released in the United States on January 31, 2020.. It was the final Vanellope & Friends film and the final Dice Productions to involve or credit Audrey Wells, since she passed away in October 2018 and is even dedicated to the memory of her and Cameron Boyce, the voice of Lawrence, who died in July 2019, several months before the film's release. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $1.111 billion worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2020. A sequel, Vanellope & Friends: Easter Egg Hunt, which was released on April 16, 2021.
Plot[]
in Anythingville, following the events of the seventh film, Meredith H, Oak is turning ten years old with her birthday coming in two days, and her boyfriend, Ryan Oliver West, along with his best friend, Vanellope von Schweetz, and his older brother, Lawrence Broderick West, are willing to keep everything perfect. Lawrence and news messenger Mr. Ziploc are also retiring, and Ryan is appointed as Lawrence's replacement. On the first day, While Vanellope and Ryan keep Meredith busy while their families and friends set out to get the party prepared. Ryan and Vanellope present Meredith with lost of balloons, but she floats away into the sky due to receiving too much balloons, thus accidentally breaking Newton's third law of motion.
As Vanellope and Ryan set out to follow Meredith and rescue her, they end up in a now fire-burnt Adventure Camp. The duo suddenly come face-to-face with a pack of Black Norwegian Elkhounds led by the vicious Carver. They chase Vanellope and Ryan throughout the woods, but Aaliyah Y. Sandoval, who befriended Vanellope during the events of Off To Adventure Camp, rescues Vanellope and Ryan, and fends off the Elkhounds. Aaliyah introduces Vanellope and Ryan to her crew consisting of Sparky the squirrel, Morgan the moose, Bana the bobcat, Barry the grizzly bear, and Randy the rattlesnake. Aaliyah is trying to rescue the children who were stolen by St. Solomon, a greedy monster, in Adventure Camp and restore the forest's former peace. She and the animals mistake Vanellope and Ryan for forest warriors, and the two claim they are forest warriors with the philosophy of a move called "Forest Warrior Wango" and offer a deal: they will help Aaliyah and the forest animals rescue St. Solomon's prisoners, so they can defeat the gorilla and bring peace back to Adventure Camp and Vanellope and Ryan can rescue Meredith, to which they agree.
Meanwhile, at Meredith's under-preparation birthday party, Lawrence and everyone are disappointed to realize Vanellope, Ryan, and Meredith are missing. Vanellope, Ryan, Aaliyah, and the forest animals reach St. Solomon's hideout at Higher Gorilla Ground. Vanellope, Ryan, and Aaliyah devise a plan: the forest animals will distract the Elkhounds while Vanellope, Ryan, and Aaliyah will rescue Meredith by performing Forest Warrior Wango. Unfortunately, the plan eventually fails, and the group is almost killed, but escape. In the aftermath of the failed rescue, Aaliyah and the animals are disillusioned in the prospect of trying to saving Meredith again, resulting in an argument with Vanellope and Ryan that ends with it being accidentally let slip that everything the two claimed about being forest warriors, including Forest Warrior Wango, was all a lie. Disappointed, Aaliyah shuns Ryan and Vanellope and leads the forest animals back towards Adventure Camp.
When Vanellope and Ryan go back into Higher Gorilla Ground, they are locked in Beth's cage as well. Downhearted by how Meredith floating into the sky via her balloons and the lie they told Aaliyah and the animals were both because of him having become too attached to her, Ryan sinks into despondency. Aaliyah and the forest animals, having had a change of heart, return to Higher Gorilla Ground and free Vanellope, Meredith, and Ryan. Vanellope and Ryan apologize to Aaliyah and the animals, and she reconciles her friendship with them. As the group prepare to make a run for it, Vanellope, Ryan, Aaliyah, Meredith, and the forest animals discover that St. Solomon turned the kids he kidnapped into monkeys and put them in wooden cages bound for a zoo in North Dakota to become rich.
Learning that St. Solomon is terrified of lava, Vanellope, Ryan, Aaliyah, Meredith, and the forest animals plan to lure him to the Higher Gorilla Ground's volcano. However, just when St. Solomon is about to turn Beth into a monkey with a monkey-transforming remote control, he and his plans are stymied by rainfall. Aaliyah, attacks and subdue St. Solomon, enabling Vanellope and Ryan to destroy the remote, turning all of the monkeys back into human children. Vanellope and Ryan lure St. Solomon, Carver, and the Elkhounds to falling into the lava, resulting in the villains' deaths and the volcano's eruption. Vanellope and Ryan escape the volcanic eruption, which destroys Higher Gorilla Ground, but appear to have been defeated. As Meredith, Aaliyah, and the forest animals mourn for Vanellope and Ryan, they are suddenly revealed to have survived, and the group rejoices.
Vanellope, Ryan, Aaliyah, Meredith, the forest animals, and the freed children head back to Things Happen Town using St. Solomon's aircraft. Meredith's birthday party goes on as planned, and Mr. Ziploc and Lawrence retire, leading Ryan to become the new mayor of Anythingville.
Cast[]
- Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz
- Owen Laramore as Ryan Oliver West, a 10-year-old boy who is one of Vanellope's friends and Beth's boyfriend.
- Lulu Wilson as Aaliyah Y. Sandoval, a nine-year-old camp who is a forest warrior who seeks to restore Adventure Camp to its former glory.
- Taylor Goll as Meredith H Oak, a soon-to-be-10-year-old girl who is one of Vanellope's friends and Ryan's girlfriend.
- Brad Garrett as St. Solomon Silverback, a broke, zealous, and cold-hearted gorilla who destroyed Adventure Camp in a fight with Annie and vows to ship Beth to North Dakota to become rich.
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps
- Ed O'Neill as Hank
- Kevin Hart as Sparky, a squirrel who is Annie's sidekick and the animal troupe's brains.
- Christopher McDonald as Morgan, a trusty moose who is Annie's steed.
- Jamie Kennedy as Bana, a dimwitted bobcat.
- Derek Stephen Prince as Randy, a good-hearted rattlesnake and Bana's other friend.
- Bryan Cranston as Barry, a confident grizzly bear who is Bana's friend.
- Stellan Skarsgård as Carver, the ruthless leader of a pack Black Norwegian Elkhounds who are Polize's henchmen.
- Cameron Boyce as Lawrence Broderick Pierce, the mayor of Anythingville and Ryan's brother. This Boyce's last film role due to his death on July 6, 2019, months before the film's release, and is thus dedicated to Boyce's memory and he is featured posthumously voicing the character.
- Michael J. Fox as Mr. Ziploc, Lawrence's best friend and adviser. This was J. Fox's last feature film before his retirement later that year.
Box office[]
In the United States, Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp was released alongside Overcomer and Angel Has Fallen, and grossed $303 million in its opening weekend. It grossed $444 million in the United States and Canada, and $667 million in other territories. It ended its theatrical run after earning $1.111 billion worldwide against its production budget of $200 million, a box office success, despite that its run in theaters was significantly cut short by the impact on cinema by the COVID-19 pandemic more than a month later, making it the only film of that year to surpass $1 billion worldwide.
Critical response[]
Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 171 reviews. The consensus reads, "It slightly isn't (ahem) a superior classic in the ranks of many of Vanellope von Schweetz's earlier Anythingish adventures, but Vanellope & Friends: Return To Adventure Camp is a fun follow-up containing surprises that aren't without rewards for Vanellope & Friends fans". On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.