Abulele 2015

Abulele 2015

Abulele 2015
1h 30m | Animation, Adventure, Family | 3 December 2015 (Israel)

Storyline:

Adam’s older brother was killed in a car crash a year ago. His family has not been the same since. As his parents struggle to cope with their grief, Adam (10), plagued with guilt over his brother’s death feels he is all alone in the world. But everything changes the day he meets Abulele. The Abulele are ancient monsters, bear-sized. Local legends tell that they are extremely dangerous, but in fact, they turn out to be quite friendly and playful creatures. Abulele quickly becomes Adam’s best and most secret friend. Together, they outsmart Adam’s mean schoolteacher and beat the class bullies. But Adam’s parents start to suspect he is harboring a secret, And when a government, Special Forces unit called “Thunder” appears in the neighborhood on a mission to capture Abulele things go from bad to worse. In order to save his best friend, Adam will have to get Abulele back home to its family, and to do so, he will need to put the past behind him and realize that when you truly love someone, you are never really alone.

User review:

I’ll first jump to the bottom line. My 6 old daughter rate it 100 out of 100 and comment it’s better than Harry potter so I must rate it accordingly. I’ll recommend this movie to elementary school kids, which could identify with school issues such tough teacher, bullies etc… smaller kids could get bored in the ‘slower’ parts or more ‘serious’ part such when the main character family deal with the past (death of Adam brother). The special effect looks very good, and the sound it great. The story line itself is a bit childish and I think they could make is more intelligent and by so make it more appealing for grown ups without ‘losing’ the kids but over all it a great family movie.

Director: Jonathan Geva
Writer: Jonathan Geva
Stars: Yoav Sadian, Idan Barkai, Bar Miniely
Country of origin: Israel
Language: Hebrew