An aging skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver! An heart warming and action packed family movie where thrilling car chases heroic skydiving and daring stunts from this octogenarian fueled with encounters with a hostile submarine will keep you at the edge of your seat! Everyone wants a grandpa like Sir Billi the Guardian of the Highlands!
Review
Were there reasons in the first place to see Sir Billi Yes that it was Sean Connery's comeback that there are some talented actors on board and that it was billed to be the first animated film to be done entirely in Scotland. Avid fans of the animation medium would find a further reason to see it. It's a shame that such a great and charismatic actor like would comeback with a film that is a contender for the worst film of his career certainly the worst animated film of 2013 and the worst I've seen in a while.
The only redeeming qualities are the striking Bondstyle opening sequence and Dame Shirley Bassey's singing nice song and she sounds great. You'd think that Connery would elevate things as well sadly while it was nice to hear him and his distinctive voice his talent is wasted by being given little to do it makes one wonder what made him break his retirement in the first place. The rest of the cast aren't much better they lack energy and some of the accents are cringeworthy.
And there's no better news with the animation which is really quite bad. The characters are very plasticlooking and the colours are garish. It often looks very freakylooking as well. The music is not badsounding but is not used well like some lines it can be out of place and the Bond references were completely pointless adding absolutely nothing to the story. Were they paying homage to Connery by any chance
Sir Billi is a very poorlywritten film too. The dialogue as a whole is uninspired and unremarkable ruined further by that it seems to have no idea who it's aiming at. There is a lot of smut and innuendo which will go over kids' heads if they were trying to widen the target audience they failed at that. Even worse is that not only is the use of it overkill but even adults won't find it funny at all and will find it distasteful instead. The story is dull and incoherent and filled with too many characters that serve little if anything to the telling of it. Regarding the characters here too if you are trying to find any to root for good luck that certainly didn't happen with me(you might think differently though).
Overall from a personal subjective opinion Sir Billi was dire with very little good about it. Considering the potential it had it was really disappointing too Planes and Justin and the Knights of Valour were underwhelming films with some potential but Sir Billi's potential was even bigger(being Sean Connery's comeback and claiming to be the first animated film from Scotland) and fell flat on its face even harder. 110 Bethany Cox