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‘Thelma the Unicorn’ Review: Brittany Howard Voices a Pony with Dreams of Fame in Unexceptional Netflix Toon
Jared Hess co-directs by-the-numbers adaptation of popular children’s book 'Thelma the Unicorn,' whose odd background characters keep it entertaining.
Closer in tone to the sharp adult series “BoJack Horseman” than to Illumination’s bland “Sing” franchise, Netflix’s “ Thelma the Unicorn ” avoids being rendered completely unoriginal by its overly familiar premise thanks to consistent splashes of acid humor and a plethora of wacky supporting characters. Though it appears animals in this world are not subservient to humans, Thelma still labors at a farm alongside her loyal donkey friends and bandmates Otis (Will Forte) and Reggie (“Napoleon Dynamite” star Jon Heder). A viral video (animals have cell phones here, even though they walk on all fours and have no way to store them) convinces Vic Diamond (Jemaine Clement), an unscrupulous manager who resembles a character straight from the 1970s — think Swan in “Phantom of the Paradise” — to pursue Thelma and transform her into his next profitable success.
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