That lively, back-and-forth vibe also extends to the Aniston/Burrell and Key/ Peele dynamic, while tough guy Danny Trejo rounds out the key voice cast as Jasper, an outsize stork with a shadowy backstory. There’s a nice, snappy playfulness in the rapport between Samberg (who previously lent his voice to Lord and Miller’s Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs movies) and engaging newcomer Crown. While Stoller’s script follows a reasonably straightforward path, it’s one that encounters no shortage of offbeat inventiveness along the way, especially from a pack of shape-shifting wolves amusingly led by Alpha Wolf (Keegan-Michael Key) and Beta Wolf (Jordan Peele). Stoller, who previously helmed the live-action comedy hits Neighbors and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, lends a similar tongue-in-cheek sensibility to his animated directorial debut, which he shares with Pixar veteran Sweetland (director of the Oscar-nominated short Presto.) At the same time, there’s an unmistakable Chuck Jones/ Friz Freleng feel to some of those sidebar antics, in homage to WAG’s Looney Tunes roots. The letter finds its way to Tulip, who inadvertently reactivates the dormant infant factory, necessitating a special delivery that won’t set off the suspicions of Hunter’s pint-size sycophant underling Pigeon Toady (hilariously voiced by comedian Stephen Kramer Glickman). Speaking of family, back down in the suburbs, young Nate Gardner (Anton Starkman), feeling ignored by his workaholic realtor parents (Aniston and Burrell), finds an old baby-delivery brochure and writes a letter to Stork Mountain asking for a baby brother with ninja skills. The one thing standing in the way of getting a corner office is his having to fire the gung-ho but accident-prone orphan Tulip (Crown), a human who has been stuck with the storks since birth, still hoping to one day be connected with her intended family. Having long ago shuttered its once-fertile baby-delivery service, Stork Mountain has profitably reinvented itself as an Amazon-size, online package delivery business,, where ace employee Junior ( Samberg) is up for a major promotion from brash, imposing CEO Hunter (Kelsey Grammer). The sophomore effort from the Warner Animation Group, energetically brought home by a terrific voice cast headed by Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Jennifer Aniston and Ty Burrell, will have no problem tickling audiences, both young and old. Toady is very small, but you know what they say "dynamite comes in small packages.'Storks': How an R-Rated Comedy Director and a Pair of Pixar Alums Created a Family-Friendly Film These two characters are humorous and play the villains we love to hate so much. Last but not least, there are the bad guys - Hunter (Kelsey Grammer) and his sidekick Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman) who is a friend of mine. They build their house to be a giant carnival slide for the storks to deliver their new baby. Gardner (Ty Burrell) and their son Nate Gardner (Anton Starkman). Gardner (Jennifer Aniston) who I have had the pleasure of meeting, Mr. Tulip and Junior make the perfect odd team. Andy Samberg plays this part perfectly as a determined, hysterical and ambitious character. But every time she tries to help, chaos always finds a way to happen. One of my favorites is Tulip played by Katie Crown who is perfect for this part because she is silly, fun, bubbly and just wants to help. The voiceovers really fit the characters perfectly and bring this film to life.
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