The animation is not great, but it's okay-ish. The voice acting is extremely variable, with some being laughably bad. The story is will be very familiar to Pixar fans (the was released by The Asylum to try to capitalise on Finding Dory). Some of the dialogue is awful, but in general it is okay. There isn't much more to say. It's a typical Asylum film, unoffensive and bad, but not the worst. It certainly doesn't deserve the infamy of being one of the lowest ranked films on IMDb of all time.
11 Reviews
Worst than awful!
bsz-9244914 November 2016
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I'm usually not a person who writes reviews, but I couldn't restrain myself to express my deepest thoughts regarding to this...whatever it is. I can't even call this a movie, but I can certainly say that is probably the worst thing I've ever seen! The only thing I could think about, -in that whole 3 minutes I manage to watch- was how horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE it is, aping "Finding Nemo" and "Mean Girls" in one "movie".
Despite the fact that it was made in 2016, the technology behind this thing is really primitive:
1.the characters talk without moving their mouth,
2.even Jocelyn Wildenstein has better face expressions, than these fishes,
3. at some points you see the characters "frozen" in a corner of the screen, like a cheap sticker,
4.the whole thing its just robotic, and out of sync, etc etc.
I really think I put more effort into writing this review, than the producers did put into the graphics, or in into the whole "movie" in general.
It's a disappointment! It's a shock! It's a junk!
Despite the fact that it was made in 2016, the technology behind this thing is really primitive:
1.the characters talk without moving their mouth,
2.even Jocelyn Wildenstein has better face expressions, than these fishes,
3. at some points you see the characters "frozen" in a corner of the screen, like a cheap sticker,
4.the whole thing its just robotic, and out of sync, etc etc.
I really think I put more effort into writing this review, than the producers did put into the graphics, or in into the whole "movie" in general.
It's a disappointment! It's a shock! It's a junk!
movie is fresh out of the dumpster
albertoroca5 October 2020
If this movie has not asked for copyright, then good god burn all the copies of this movie in hell. This is a very unoriginal movie, its a complete waste of your time, and shows how insensitive humanity can be. Pixar/Disney worked hard to make Finding Dory, and then some cold reckless person or group has to come along and show us how disappointing humans can be. I hope your happy, The Asylum.
Movie Sucks Horribly
NPC_imdb17 June 2019
Very bad...
Thanos_Alfie30 January 2021
"Izzie's Way Home" is an Animation - Adventure movie in which we watch an aquarium fish escaping to the open sea, unaware of the dangers. She adapts to her new environment with the help of some other sea creatures and she also knows herself even better.
Since I did not have high expectations from this movie I was not disappointed by it. "Izzie's Way Home" is a bad copy of "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory", that does not worth your time. Despite that the plot is more or less the same, the graphics are horrendous and makes the movie unwatchable. As you can understand I do not recommend this movie to anyone because it's a waste of time and if you have children you can find and watch far better movies than "Izzie's Way Home".
Since I did not have high expectations from this movie I was not disappointed by it. "Izzie's Way Home" is a bad copy of "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory", that does not worth your time. Despite that the plot is more or less the same, the graphics are horrendous and makes the movie unwatchable. As you can understand I do not recommend this movie to anyone because it's a waste of time and if you have children you can find and watch far better movies than "Izzie's Way Home".
A way back not worth tagging along for
TheLittleSongbird24 September 2017
This is being said with a heavy heart, as a huge lifelong fan of animation (being practically raised on especially Disney films and cartoons), with no malice intended. Have no bias against low-budget animated films, not all of them are bad actually, but really hate it when something looks like a lazily made product and that they weren't even trying.
'Izzie's Way Home' belongs in that category. That it was not made on a high budget was not something that would mark as a strike against it. It would be wholly dependent on how it executed individual components, and not only are all the individual components in 'Izzie's Way Home' done really badly it is a mess as an overall film. Absolutely nothing works here. And oddly enough, that it's a pale imitation of the 'Finding Nemo' films (both one of Pixar's best films 'Finding Nemo' and its worthy prequel 'Finding Dory, both infinitely better films and actually good ones too) with a touch of 'Mean Girls' is the least of 'Izzie's Way Home's' problems.
What's the worst thing about 'Izzie's Way Home?' The animation definitely, which is horrendous (so bad that summing it up in one paragraph was hard), some of the worst to not have Video Brinquedo or Spark Plug Entertainment's names on it. Heck, even the CGI-'Swan Princess' sequels or those for 'Alpha and Omega' don't look this bad. Have seen people say that it looks like it belongs in the 90s, while it is true that the film's animation looks like 20 plus years out of date, comparing it to the 90s to me is doing the 90s disservice considering even video games made in the 90s look far more professional-looking.
Can't decide what's worst. The dull backgrounds that have no vibrancy or careless, almost confusing, attention to detail that never immerses one into the oceanic world? The flat and at times gaudy colours? The most eerily lifeless eyes, even a not-easily scared adult would be freaked out, in an animated film ever in existence? The blocky and static character designs? The completely unnatural way the characters move, like they were just floating aimlessly? Or the incomprehensible mouth movement, where telling who was speaking was often impossible in scenes with numerous characters? Take your pick.
Have no better news about the rest of 'Izzie's Way Home'. Music is a big part of my life, could barely remember any of that here and the little that was slightly memorable was cheesy and ill-fitting. There is no wit, cleverness or intelligence in the script, it is often insultingly juvenile for any age group that target audience may be questioned and it can be repetitive and confused.
As for the story, that's the second worst thing about 'Izzie's Way Home' after the animation. That it's derivative of better films may be slightly forgivable, but unacceptable is that it felt like no heart or charm went into this. This was lazy stuff, with a lack of humour, thrills and emotional investment. It's also very repetitive with some scenes that are either random or illogical in placement and others that don't serve much point and seem there to pad things out. The film is short but feels twice as long, that's how unengaging it is.
On top of that, 'Izzie's Way Home' makes no effort to make characters that one willingly wants to engage with and root for. All of them are on the extremes of either dishwater bland to mind-numbingly irritating, not to mention hideously animated and annoyingly voiced. This is including the protagonist and the chemistry between the characters are hardly anywhere to be found. The voice acting is all round poor, especially the ear-bleeding vocals for the bullies.
Summing up, a complete mess and a way back not worth tagging along for. 1/10 Bethany Cox
'Izzie's Way Home' belongs in that category. That it was not made on a high budget was not something that would mark as a strike against it. It would be wholly dependent on how it executed individual components, and not only are all the individual components in 'Izzie's Way Home' done really badly it is a mess as an overall film. Absolutely nothing works here. And oddly enough, that it's a pale imitation of the 'Finding Nemo' films (both one of Pixar's best films 'Finding Nemo' and its worthy prequel 'Finding Dory, both infinitely better films and actually good ones too) with a touch of 'Mean Girls' is the least of 'Izzie's Way Home's' problems.
What's the worst thing about 'Izzie's Way Home?' The animation definitely, which is horrendous (so bad that summing it up in one paragraph was hard), some of the worst to not have Video Brinquedo or Spark Plug Entertainment's names on it. Heck, even the CGI-'Swan Princess' sequels or those for 'Alpha and Omega' don't look this bad. Have seen people say that it looks like it belongs in the 90s, while it is true that the film's animation looks like 20 plus years out of date, comparing it to the 90s to me is doing the 90s disservice considering even video games made in the 90s look far more professional-looking.
Can't decide what's worst. The dull backgrounds that have no vibrancy or careless, almost confusing, attention to detail that never immerses one into the oceanic world? The flat and at times gaudy colours? The most eerily lifeless eyes, even a not-easily scared adult would be freaked out, in an animated film ever in existence? The blocky and static character designs? The completely unnatural way the characters move, like they were just floating aimlessly? Or the incomprehensible mouth movement, where telling who was speaking was often impossible in scenes with numerous characters? Take your pick.
Have no better news about the rest of 'Izzie's Way Home'. Music is a big part of my life, could barely remember any of that here and the little that was slightly memorable was cheesy and ill-fitting. There is no wit, cleverness or intelligence in the script, it is often insultingly juvenile for any age group that target audience may be questioned and it can be repetitive and confused.
As for the story, that's the second worst thing about 'Izzie's Way Home' after the animation. That it's derivative of better films may be slightly forgivable, but unacceptable is that it felt like no heart or charm went into this. This was lazy stuff, with a lack of humour, thrills and emotional investment. It's also very repetitive with some scenes that are either random or illogical in placement and others that don't serve much point and seem there to pad things out. The film is short but feels twice as long, that's how unengaging it is.
On top of that, 'Izzie's Way Home' makes no effort to make characters that one willingly wants to engage with and root for. All of them are on the extremes of either dishwater bland to mind-numbingly irritating, not to mention hideously animated and annoyingly voiced. This is including the protagonist and the chemistry between the characters are hardly anywhere to be found. The voice acting is all round poor, especially the ear-bleeding vocals for the bullies.
Summing up, a complete mess and a way back not worth tagging along for. 1/10 Bethany Cox
What even is this movie
jkspeedy12 June 2022
To whomever wrote the review titled "Lizzie's way yo my heart" this is the best review I've ever seen. This review was infinitely times better than the actual movie itself, and I love it. I honestly find it hilarious just thinking about this movie because of how freaking awful it was. I saw this movie the year it came out... i'm still tramautized. Might be the worst movie I've ever seen. Hope this helps!
Disgusting, Horrible
yurmom-621463 July 2023
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The animation! It is disgusting the animation is the fish look creepy, the human is has limited joint animation. The human just glided in an odd pose. The eyes of the fish are very human, very creepy, cool :). The sea cucumber looks like a weird bug. There's little fin movement, and when they swim they just glide. You can kinda tell that they are in ocean; the only thing that you can tell is the plants and the abiotic things. FISH Don't BLINK!( Research it.). But overall the voicing is okay I guess, is a reference to 'Frankinstien'. The water don't move. The voice actors show the emotions good. The shark looks creepy, the teeth are never fully closed. It is an okay movie.
Lizzies way to my heart
undauntedtoreador-171957 February 2017
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A review on Lizzie's way home: This movie was astounding both visually and educationally. I am astounded and winded by how beautiful these rendered landscapes were. the amount of research put into these diverse species was amazing, I especially appreciate the artistic cinematic moment where the sea cucumber demonstrated his scientifically accurate anal intestine torpedo. The sea cucumber was intelligent. Should've been the main character, and NEVER burped. Don't even SAY he did okay? OKAY? Okay. The blobfish was beautiful, tears peeled from my ocular ports upon viewing its gelatinous hide. I could not handle the artistic experience to the point of where I had to have a medically induced seizure. 10/10 would slap my nipples again.
Better than Dory
lorandgyorgy-966716 May 2020
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