| Vanellope and Stephen Curry | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Jimmy Hayward Doug Sweetland |
| Produced by | Jodi Nussbaum |
| Screenplay by |
Michael Colton John Aboud III Brandon Sawyer |
| Story by |
Alan J. Schoolcraft Brent Simons Bob Tzudiker Noni White |
| Starring |
Sarah Silverman Stephen Curry |
| Music by | Daniel Ingram |
| Cinematography | Pablo Plaisted |
| Edited by | Lois Freeman-Fox |
| Production companies |
Walt Disney Pictures Dice Productions |
| Distributed by |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Release date |
January 28, 2022 (El Capitan Theatre) February 4, 2022 (United States) |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $90 million |
| Box office | $456 million |
Vanellope and Stephen Curry is a 2022 American animated sports comedy film produced by Dice Productions and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Serving as the sequel to 2021's Vanellope's Easter Egg Hunt and the seventh installment in the Vanellope's Adventures franchise, it was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Doug Sweetland and features Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz and Stephen Curry as himself, with Cedric the Entertainer, Wood Harris, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Michael Peña in supporting roles. In the film, Vanellope von Schweetz and Stephen Curry team up to play on Curry's comeback basketball match after retirement.
Vanellope and Stephen Curry premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on January 28, 2022, and was released theatrically in the United States on February 4, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It had been previously scheduled for a January 2021 release, but underwent being delayed by a year as a safety precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film grossed $456 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing basketball film of all time, and received mixed reviews from critics; while the animation (particularly the basketball scenes) and the voice performances of Silverman and Curry were praised, while the premise of combining Curry and his profession with the animated character Vanellope received polarizing reactions. This was the final Vanellope's Adventures film to involve one of the franchise's creators, Andrei Svislotski, during his time still alive, before his death on December 19, 2022. A sequel, Vanellope's Adventures 8, was released on March 3, 2023.
Cast[]
- Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz
- Stephen Curry as a fictional version of himself, a retired basketball player and Radha's overprotective father who teams up Vanellope.
- Cedric the Entertainer as Whackmanner, a pompous orange monster who seeks Vanellope and her friends as attractions for Mount Monster.
- Quvenzhané Wallis as Radha Curry, Stephen and Mariana's teenaged daughter.
- Michael Peña as Gary Guzman, Joe's friend and personal assistant.
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Mariana Jones, Stephen's wife.
- Kelley Mack as Susan, a basketball player whom Radha befriends.
- Jeff Bennett, Dee Bradley Baker, Conrad Vernon, Cam Clarke, and Tom Kenny as the Wieners, Whackmenner's small alien henchmen who steal the Disneyville Basketball Association players' powers and become muscular creatures referred to as "Starrosaurs". David Kaye, Wally Wingert, Fred Tatasciore, John Kassir, and Kevin Schon voice them in their Starrosaur forms.
- Conrad Vernon as Stanley S. Shaprio
- Josh Keaton as Mike Menken
- James Arnold Taylor as Bruce Banks
- Phil LaMarr as Charles Marley
- Grey DeLisle as Suzy Z. Zimmer
Box office[]
In the United States, Vanellope and Stephen Curry was projected to gross anywhere around $123 million in its opening weekend. The film has grossed $155 million in North America and $301 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $456 million.
Critical response[]
Vanellope and Stephen Curry received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 35% of 222 critics gave the film a positive review. The site's consensus reads, "Vanellope and Stephen Curry's concept of combining these two powerhouse icons failed a spectacular slam dunk, but it can be a diversion for fans of both Stephen Curry basketball and the Vanellope & Friends franchise". On Metacritic, which calculated a score of 38 out of 100 based on 40 critics, Vanellope and Stephen Curry received "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.