The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)

The Oogieloves -- Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie -- set out to find five magical balloons that will make their good friend Schluufy's surprise birthday party extra-special.

Director:

Matthew Diamond

Writers:

Scott Stabile, Kenn Viselman (creator)

Stars:

Jaime Pressly, Christopher Lloyd, Cloris Leachman

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Cary Elwes	...	Bobby Wobbly
Jaime Pressly	...	Lola
Christopher Lloyd	...	Lero Sombrero
Cloris Leachman	...	Dotty Rounder
Garrett Clayton	...	Diner dancer (as Gary Clayton)
Chazz Palminteri	...	Marvin Milkshake
Toni Braxton	...	Rosalie Rosebud
Malerie Grady	...	Toofie
Maya Stange	...	Windy Window
Nick Drago	...	J. Edgar
Kylie O'Brien	...	Jubilee Rounder
Steve Blackwood	...	Sheep (voice)
Heather Rose	...	Diner Dancer
Alecia Jai Fears	...	Rochelle Rosebud
Misty Miller	...	Goobie

Storyline

It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?

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Plot Keywords:

critically bashed | based on film | box office flop

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Genres:

Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2012 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$443,901 (USA) (31 August 2012)

Gross:

$1,064,277 (USA) (14 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Balloon Adventure Movie, Kenn Viselman Presents

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Lloyd was originally considered for Bobby Wobbly.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Jump, Step, Clap"
Performed by Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly

User Reviews

Terrible movie with some bogus reviews on IMDb!!!!

***UPDATE - Another bogus review added by someone who JUSt registered and NEVER reviewed anything before, and still it's on 1.9!

***UPDATE*** Worst movie opening of ALL time - the American public speaks!

Firstly, I have a pre schooler and I watch a lot of kids movies and TV. Dora can be a little annoying at times to me, but I can see it's educational value and that it has a plot, a point, some thought went into the episodes.

The Oogieloves had a bad plot, bad writing, bad songs, bad acting and was quite frankly and insult to your average pre schooler.

One of the reviews here said it was for 8 years and under, and I say to that NO WAY IN HECK! You will not find a kid above 5 wanting to sit through this garbage.

It makes the lack lustre The Lorax (of which most would say the book was far superior), seem like it should have garnered numerous Oscars.

If I was a writer on this project I would have told them they didn't have to put my name in the credits, it's THAT awful.

NOW, to the bogus reviews - there are 5 here as of this moment - 1 is a good review by someone who has written a lot of reviews, so I can respect that they found something appealing in this pile of dross that I obviously didn't see. 2 are awful reviews like mine, written by people, like me, who have written other reviews.

Two of the reviews are bogus in my opinion, probably written by someone in connection to the movie, since neither of these people has EVER written a review on ANYTHING before. Does that scream fake review to you? Even with the bogus reviews this movie is only on a 2.2 so far, that should tell you it's just plain bad.

Don't even rent it from a Redbox, it's not even worth that much! Parents everywhere hear me, you're going to be happy in a couple of weeks because Finding Nemo is coming back to theaters, save your money and take the little guys to that - they haven't seen it on the big screen and it's even going to be 3D too, now THAT is a movie worth your movie ticket bucks.

I would have given this a zero with no qualms at all, except that there is no option for a zero out of ten!