Review - Hop

Keep Hop In Your Basket Of Choices

E. B. (Russell Brand) is a rock star at heart. All he wants to do is play the drums and be something with his music. Despite that drive, he is the next in line to be the Easter Bunny. When he’s ready to be sworn in to the post; he runs off and heads to Hollywood to see his dream.

While in Hollywood, he gets hit by Fred O’Hare (James Marsden), literally. Now he will work with the out of work O’Hare to follow his dream. While O’Hare is searching for a job, E. B. is being hunted by the elite bunny squad to bring him home. The two forces will collide more than once before we find out if Easter is a go for another year.

EB’s search for stardom will lead him to the ultimate talent broker, David Hasselhoff. Yes the Hoff will get the opportunity to make EB a star, and let’s face it, he’s the Hoff so he knows stars!

Now who will be the Easter Bunny? Who will get the goodies to all the kids around the world? And what will be the fate of EB’s career? And will Fred actually find a job? The fate of Easter lies in everyone’s hands.

Brand as the voice of an animated rabbit just seemed like a weird idea to me, but it works. He is the perfect voice for a rabbit that just doesn’t want to conform to the path that has been selected for him. The live action cast seems a bit over the top at times and I was wondering just how cheesy they could be, but it worked anyway given the story.

The majority of the problem was a thin storyline that gave not much to work with. I love the inclusion of David Hasselhoff as it was the perfect cheesy fun element for a film like this.

Unfortunately Hop has a premise that should have knocked things out of the park. You may not want to hop to the film, but if you have young kids you should at least have it in your basket of choices.

B-

Hop
Universal Pictures

Director: Tim Hill
Cast: Russell Brand (voice), James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria (voice), Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, David Hasselhoff

Rating: PG for some mild rude humor.
Runtime: 95 minutes.