"This animated Netflix adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits is only fractionally less gruelling than eating wormy spaghetti or finding a toad stuffed in the bottom of your bed. Dahl's story about one of the most dysfunctional marriages in fiction is not exactly burdened with plot: the 95-page original is essentially a series of mean pranks, all monstrously mangled here and tortuously added to."
"There has been some outrage that Netflix have Americanised the story, but that is the least of this film's problems. In the fictional city of Triperot, Mrs Twit (voiced by Margo Martindale) is a Texan in blue denim cowboy boots, unhappily married to Mr Twit (Johnny Vegas, keeping his Lancashire accent). The couple have built a rickety amusement park called Twitlandia, with rides made out of toilets and old mattresses, all powered by the magical tears of the Muggle-Wump monkeys."
"When authorities close down the amusement park on the grounds of health and safety, the gruesome twosome go to war with the city. The story is flabbier than Mr Twit's tum-tum, which is a shame since it was produced, directed and co-written by Phil Johnston whose previous credits include clever and imaginative family animations such as Wreck-it Ralph and Zootopia."
A Netflix animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits lengthens and mangles the original 95-page tale of mean pranks. The film relocates characters to Triperot and Americanises elements, casting Mrs Twit as a Texan and retaining Mr Twit's Lancashire accent. The Twits build a rickety amusement park, Twitlandia, powered by Muggle-Wump monkeys, and clash with authorities. The narrative adds new, tortuous episodes including a rancid meat flood and a mayoral run, introducing an age-inappropriate political satire. The adaptation shifts tone from grotesque fun to a preachy message of empathy led by a plucky orphan opposition.
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