The Amazing World of Gumball (2010 Film)

The Amazing World of Gumball is a 2010 computer-animated comedy film produced by National Geographic Films, Primary Colors Entertainment, Boulder Media and Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. The film was released in theaters on August 20, 2010 in 3D and 2D by Paramount Pictures.

Plot
Gumball and Darwin challenge their father to a laziness competition, with the loser having to do the winner's chores.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The CGI animation, while decent, is pretty mediocre for 2010s standards and it clearly hasn't aged well.
 * 2) The concept of a family of mixed species is weird.
 * 3) Many of the characters can seem unlikeable.
 * 4) * Gumball is unlikeable as he only cares about the challenge and not his family.
 * 5) * Snotty Boy and his friends are unlikable for tipping cows over.
 * 6) * The elderly people literally serve no purpose in the film other than filler.
 * 7) The scene where Larry gets killed by zombies is very horrifying and disturbing for a kids movie.
 * 8) The running gag of Gumball interrupting someone when a flashback to the summer of '83 plays can get weird and annoying at times.
 * 9) It feels uncreative with what it does.
 * 10) There are plenty of gross scenes like when Snotty Boy shakes his bottom and shows a little bit of it.
 * 11) A lot of the jokes in the film fall flat, such as when Gumball exclaims "Milk me!" as a counterpart of "Fuck me!".
 * 12) There is some product placement for stuff like Xbox 360, Taco Bell, Pepsi, and Jolly Ranchers.
 * 13) Overall, it started the Gumball franchise on a sour note.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The scene where Gumball and Darwin are ailed with a sugar rush was easily the funniest scene in the movie.
 * 2) * Also, this film is practically meme gold, with some other scenes like the pizza delivery.
 * 3) Some tolerable characters, such as Larry, Karen, Bessy, Miles, Melissa, Peck, Maddy and Farmer Buyer.
 * 4) Rip manages to be an ultimately terrifying villain.
 * 5) Decent voice acting.
 * 6) Great soundtrack, including "Mud", "Hittin' the Hay" and Sam Elliot's cover of "I Won't Back Down".
 * 7) Some funny moments here and there. For example, the scene where Gumball and Darwin try to find a way to hide Nicole and make an event that didn't happen to prevent them from going to time out.
 * 8) Some good action in the film, outside of the scene when Larry gets killed by zombies (depending on your view).
 * 9) The CGI animation does look nice in some scenes.
 * 10) The TV show it spawned is far better than the movie.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an endorsement rating of 25% dependent on 97 surveys, and a normal rating of 4.40/10. The site's basic agreement peruses, "Unimaginative and unfunny, this tale of mischief adds little to this summer's repertoire of animated films.". On Metacritic, it has a score of 41 out of 100. Crowds surveyed by CinemaScore provided the film with a normal grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
The Amazing World of Gumball grossed $72.6 million domestically and $43.9 million internationally for a worldwide total of $116.5 million against its production budget of $51 million.