Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms (2008)

Two lowly earthworms, Gloria and Barry, decide to make the world's greatest disco band which helps them rise from the bottom of the food chain to stardom proving that earthworms can boogie too.

Directors:

Thomas Borch Nielsen, Tonni Zinck

Writer:

Morten Dragsted

Stars:

Peter Frödin, Trine Dyrholm, Lars Hjortshøj

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Peter Frödin	...	Bjarne (voice)
Trine Dyrholm	...	Gloria (voice)
Lars Hjortshøj	...	Niller (voice)
Troels Lyby	...	Jimmy (voice)
Helle Dolleris	...	Donna (voice)
Birthe Neumann	...	Mor (voice)
Peter Hesse Overgaard	...	Far (voice)
Henning Jensen	...	Tonni Dennis (voice)
Olaf Nielsen	...	Naturspeaker (voice)
Kim Hagen Jensen	...	Promotor (voice) (as Kim Hagen)
Tonni Zinck	...	Skolopender (voice)
Casper Byriel Svane	...	Flue (voice)
Kirsten Skytte	...	Døgnflue 1 og Slimeline Stemme (voice)
Margit Rosenaa	...	Døgnflue 2 (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Bateson	...	(voice)

Storyline

A lonely worm helps his girlfriend and friends to make the world's greatest disco band. So they can prove other worms that they can do better than others. But Dennis: there archnemesis is most known for being sexy with the worms. But Bjarne now must beat Dennis at being good. But his friend isn't up to a boogie band he just want piece. But when they continue theyr'e practicing they need more work to beat Dennis and his friends.

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Plot Keywords:

1970s music | worm | disco | office clerk | music band | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and brief language

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User Reviews

Predictable yet enjoyable musical family movie

When I saw the first trailer I was rather skeptical about another animated movie made to promote celebrities through giving them voice roles and singing old hits all over again. I was surprised to see that it was actually very well done. The version which I watched was dubbed by Polish soap-opera actors, pop-rock singers and talent-show jurors so every worm got a celebrity matching their character and the arrangements of songs were very well done. My wild guess is that other language versions worked in a similar way.

The animation is fairly nice, with many background details and fantastically designed body language of the worms whose tail-gestures make up for the lack of arms.

The plot is very predictable, so I won't even try to spoil it. The movie reminds us that we should never give up on dreams, follow our heart, be proud of our children whatever they are good at, believe in ourselves and our friends, be able to express ourselves and not be posers. Rather typical stuff, but good to be reminded of from time to time.

A very good point of the movie is that it is suitable for people of all ages. Children will follow the simple plot, teenagers will laugh at the characters and adults will pick up the satire on relations between generations and the dull life of working people.

I recommend it to families with children and suggest some dancing during the final scene and credits.

Details

Country:

Denmark Germany

Language:

Danish English

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,371,879

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crone Film Produktion A/S, Disco Ormene, Radar Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min 79 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1