Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken Movie Review — Surf’s Up for Kids

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is a new coming of age film from DreamWorks that features a shy teen who is just trying to fit in at high school. However, things go sideways and her plans for prom don’t quite pan out when she learns that she’s a giant kraken. Worse, it turns out that the cool new girl is a mermaid, who everyone loves. Fabled royal giant kraken princess or not, nobody needs to learn that they are a kraken when they’re just trying to get through math class.

The written review for Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is below. If you’d like to watch the review on YouTube, here’s the link:

The story makes good sense on paper, and the script is solid, doing all the things that a well-made movie should do. It is DreamWorks, and they know how to tell a good story. However, Ruby Gillman was just a little too predictable for me, but I think that young kids will enjoy it. What I did like is that it gives an interesting take on the lost magical princess and the terrible sea kraken tropes.

The film also hits all the right points: teen girl finds out she’s a secret princess; evil mermaids come to destroy the krakens; teen kraken princess has to learn how to use her powers to confront the evil…