Complete with likable and inspired characters, some sharp sub-zero environments, and a cavalcade of inspired gags, Chris Wedge's earnest and endearing animated movie didn't match the ambition of its original ideas, which was apparently meant to be more serious and action-intensive, but the humor only adds to the warmth and spark of these characters, particularly with Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary being properly cast in their respective parts. Ice Age is the one that started it all, and in my view, it remains Blue Sky's best work. Still, there's a good bit to enjoy in this uneven-but-charming CG comedy, including a scene-stealing sidekick named Jeff. While the animation remains strong, and the voice performances are dependably decent from our star-studded voice cast, Spies in Disguise squanders a lot of its fun potential, resulting in a mediocre curtain call for the 30-plus-year-legacy of this inconsistent animation company. While the jokes consistently remain inspired, the comedy doesn't reach its full heights by a plot that favors familiar beats and shallows attempts at sentimentality.
As gleefully goofy as that premise can be, the movie's free-for-all silliness is undermined by the story's paint-by-numbers approach. Spies in Disguise, based loosely on 2009's short film, Pigeon: Impossible, was an appealingly bizarre buddy spy comedy, one that saw a special secret agent (Will Smith) unwittingly teaming up with an intelligent-but-befuddled young scientist (Tom Holland) when he's accidentally transformed into a pigeon. Perhaps it's only fitting that Blue Sky Studios' final film went to the birds.
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