What you end up getting is a climax that gets the point across in the most half-assed way possible, managing more to reinforce the regressive nature of the story’s beginning than to move away from it. This movie also makes you realize that Sukumar does not really write characters, but Ideas, which is true particularly in the case of Kumari. She is basically the embodiment of a trope, particularly a trope that Tollywood seems to currently be in love with as you’ll find this trope in movie after movie after movie – that of the scantily-clad manic pixie girl.

If you can manage to hear much, or even think much, beyond the constant stream of awwwws elicited by Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell) and his little oscillating tail, you’ll see that this tale is meant to improve your child’s mind by being informative and thoughtful and fun. It is all of these things and more. And, there is the tail.