Film Review — The Bob’s Burgers Movie
An engaging, chortlingly silly surprise, even if you’ve never seen the TV series
I’ve not seen the Bob’s Burgers animated TV series, so went into The Bob’s Burgers Movie with absolutely no foreknowledge. Perhaps not always an advisable move. After all, I avoided the Downton Abbey films purely because I’ve yet to watch the TV series. However, in this case, my recklessness paid off. The Bob’s Burgers Movie stands in its own right as entertaining, funny, and extremely silly, packed with hilarious one-liners and a high gag rate, even though there may have been jokes I missed, due to unfamiliarity with the source material.
The plot concerns the Belcher family — the eponymous Bob, his wife Linda, and their three children Tina, Gene, and Louise. Their burger bar is on the verge of collapse when the bank refuses to give them more time for a loan repayment. To make matters worse, a sinkhole appears in front of their restaurant, which leads to the discovery of a skeleton and a murder investigation. With the family business in peril, the children attempt to save the day by skipping school becoming amateur sleuths.
As mentioned, I have no point of comparison for the TV series, but certainly, this looked impressive on the big screen. Directors Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman oversee an…
