Ooops! Noah Is Gone...

Ooops! Noah Is Gone...
Directed by Toby Genkel
Sean McCormack
Produced by Emely Christians
Moe Honan
Jean-Marie Musique
Christine Parisse
Mark Mertens
Jan Goossen
Written by Richard Conroy
Toby Genkel
Mark Hodkinson
Marteinn Thorisson
Starring Callum Maloney
Elle Fanning
Douglas Booth
Amy Grant
Paul Tylak
Aileen Mythen
Martin Sheen
Patrick Fitzsymons
Music by Stephen McKeon
Edited by Reza Memari
Production
company
Ulysses Filmproduktion
Fabrique d'Images
Skyline Entertainment
Moetion Films
Studio Rakete
The Picture Factory
Grid Animations
Distributed by Wild Bunch (Germany)
Entertainment One (UK,USA)
Release date
  • 26 February 2015 (2015-02-26) (Luxembourg City Film Festival)
  • 1 May 2015 (2015-05-01) (Ireland)
  • 30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) (Germany)
Running time
 87 minutes
Country Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Ireland
United States
Language English　日本語
Box office CN¥10.8 million (China)[1]

Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (also known as All Creatures Big and Small in the United States and Two by Two in the United Kingdom) is a 2015 German-Luxembourgish-Belgian-Irish 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film about what happened to the creatures that missed Noah's Ark.

Plot

Set in the times of the Biblical Flood, Dave is a Nestrian, a clumsy, silly-looking, brightly coloured creature whose only skills are making comfortable nests and secreting a foul smelling cloud of blue gas whenever he gets scared for his life. Dave is constantly moving around searching for a place to stay, a real home, much to the dismay of Finny, his son, who only wants to make friends. After hearing a rumor of a colossal wave that is said to cover the whole world, Dave packs up again and takes Finny to a giant gathering of animals where their only salvation awaits: a huge ark, big enough to fit in all the animals of the world, and built by a very nice human called Noah.

Unfortunately, Dave and Finny are turned away as they're not on the Lion's list. The Lion manages all animal affairs on the ark. But it takes more than that to dissuade a Nestrian. With the use of some creative thinking, some Nestrian craftsmanship, and the involuntary help of the carnivorous Grymps, Hazel and her daughter Leah, they manage to sneak on the ark after all.

Just when the day seemed to have been saved, Dave and Hazel realize that Finny and Leah have disappeared. Their curiosity having gotten the better of them, they were on the scaffolding as the tidal wave hit the boat and it sailed away. The parents panic as the ark sails off, leaving their children stranded on the last bit of land not yet engulfed by the water.

Their desperate race against time begins. Leah, who is a born hunter and survivor is burdened with the clumsy and awkward Finny, but somehow they manage to escape from the rising water and the greedy and gruesome Griffins. Eventually they add two more odd creatures who were also rejected from the ark to their ranks. Finding his footing, surrounded by his new group of friends, Finny starts to emerge as the brave hero that he really is.

Meanwhile, their parents must get over their differences to work together, fight their way through gorilla guards and the vain and ruthless Lion to take control of the ark and save their children.

Having had many adventures, the "fearless four" (Leah, Finny, Obesey and his parasite companion) manage to fight off the continuing attacks of two griffins who see Leah and Finn as their dinner. The gargoyles are eaten by Obesey who falls in the sea some time later.

As the water reaches the top of the mountain where Lea and Finny are, the parents manage to take control of the ship and steer it to the mountaintop. Leah and Finn manage to climb on a piece of floating ice when the water engulfs the mountain.

When the ark passes their little iceberg, it turns out to be hard to climb on. Finny first manages to climb on the ark but does not want to leave Leah behind and jumps back on the iceberg. Then Leah jumps on board of the ark and uses her sharp claws to hold on. Finny tries to get back on the ark too, but falls in the water, seemingly unconscious or dying.

When Dave tries to save Finny from drowning in the water the plot twist is revealed: Nestrians are really water creatures, perfectly able to breathe and swim while submerged. Obesey turns out to be a whale. This also explains why Dave was never feeling at home.

In the final scenes Dave and Finny swim alongside the ark, waving at Leah and Hazel. On the deck of the ark the Lion Captain and his flamingo assistant discuss whether they should have told Dave and Finny in the beginning they were sea creatures.

In the credits is seen when the Ark stops at the Mount Ararat and when all the animals leave the Ark, and the life of Dave and Finny after the Flood and they discover other Nestrians in the Sea.

Cast

Together they struggle to survive without the Ark as the waters rise. The adversity exposes their true natures.

Reception

Box Office

The film has grossed CN¥10.8 million at the Chinese box office.[1]

Critical reception

The film has a 36% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 4.5/10, making the reception of the film on the website negative. However, there is no Critic Consensus rating yet.

References

  1. 1 2 "诺亚方舟漂流记（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.breathecast.com/articles/all-creatures-big-and-small-starring-martin-sheen-amy-grant-retells-noah-story-for-kids-on-google-play-29117


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