Modern-day martial-arts-obsessed teen Jason Tripitikas falls off a building with a golden staff and finds himself in feudal China fulfilling the legend of the seeker who will return the staff to The Monkey King.

The movie had some good one-liners and even some good (albeit worn) puns in the style of the original cartoon, but for me, the plot lacked even enough structure to hold the attention of a child, and the writer was writing down to his audience so much so that not even Patrick Warburton’s voice in a small part was sufficient to rescue the story from the fast-forward button.

A short picture book of the 2014 Mr. Peabody and Sherman movie. The images are all from the movie’s CGI (or at least generated by the same process).