The Son of Bigfoot

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The Son of Bigfoot
German movie poster.
Directed byBen Stassen
Jeremy Degruson
Written byBob Barlen
Cal Brunker
Screenplay byBob Barlen
Cal Brunker
Produced by
  • Gina Gallo
  • Mimi Maynard
  • Domonic Paris
  • Ben Stassen
  • Caroline Van Iseghem
  • Steve Waterman
Starring
Cinematography
  • Jeremy Degruson
  • Ben Stassen
Music byPuggy
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal (France)[2]
Release dates
  • 16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) (France)[1]
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
Box office$40.7 million[3]

The Son of Bigfoot (also released internationally in English as Bigfoot Junior) is a Belgian-French computer-animated comedy-drama film. It is directed by Ben Stassen and Jeremy Degruson. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $50 million worldwide against its $20 million budget.[3] As of March 2018, the film had topped 8 million admissions worldwide. The film was released on DVD on May 1, 2018, in the United States.

A sequel titled Bigfoot Family (also known as Bigfoot Superstar) is scheduled to be released August 5, 2020.

Plot

HairCo. is a megacorporation run by Wallace Eastman (Terrence Stone) that specializes in improving people's hair. His helicopter chases after a scientist named Dr. Harrison who escapes by jumping into a river.

Years later, a young boy named Adam Harrison (Pappy Faulkner), son of Dr. Harrison, lives out his life being harassed by the local bullies Tony (Yuri Lowenthal), Dale (Nicholas Marj), and Garcia (Barry D. Buckner), being unjustly judged by other students, and being the mutual crush of a kindhearted girl named Emma (Shylo Summer).

After discovering not only the fact that his father is alive, but also his current location from a box his mother Shelly (Marieve Herington) had kept hidden, Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot (Christopher L. Parsons). He has been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from Eastman who is eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA.

Adam discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers similar to his dad like having large feet, supersonic hearing, running at incredible speeds, and speaking to animals like Tina the squirrel (Sandy Fox), Trapper the raccoon (Joe Ochman), his wife Weecha (Laila Berzins), Wilbur the bear (Michael Sorich), and Steve the woodpecker (Joe J. Thomas).

Meanwhile, Eastman follows Adam's traces to Bigfoot. In order to draw out Adam, Eastman arranges for his mother Shelly's car to be intercepted by his men. After Adam is apprehended, he sends them to a false site, where they fail greatly. This results using Adam as bait to lure Bigfoot (father), ending with Bigfoot being captured. Eastman and his scientist Dr. Billingsley (Alan Shearman) begin their experiment on Bigfoot. The hair sample is tested on Dr. Billingsley's usual intern (Brody Hessin) who asks Dr. Billingsley to sign his volunteer paper (a running gag through most of the film). With the help of the animals, Adam rescues his father, leading to the destruction of HairCo. facility. Eastman is tranquilized by Shelly as Bigfoot states that he is done with hiding. Dr. Billingsley crawls out of the wreckage as his intern tries to get him to sign his volunteer paper.

Tired of hiding, Bigfoot returns home and the animals have taken to living with the family. A magazine cover shows that Wallace Eastman has been arrested for his illegal activities. On his way to school, Adam's bullies attempt to haze him again. Having gone on his journey, Adam calmly tells them that he's finally had enough and kindly asks to be left alone. When they refuse to comply, Adam summons his animal buddies who scare them into leaving him alone while secretly dismantling their bikes and skateboard to make them crash to further punish them for their previous harassing of Adam which the latter sees and laughs at. Adam dismisses his friends as Emma spots the scene and asks about it. Adam asks if she would walk with him to school and she agrees while he begins to explain his life to her.

Cast

Crew

  • Domonic Paris - Voice Director

Sequel

Main article: Bigfoot Family

In October 2018, Ben Stassen announced that a sequel was in the works, due out in mid 2020, which will take place a couple of years after the first movie.[4] In June 2020, Bigfoot Family premiered at the 2020 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[5]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 20 reviews and received positive reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Son of Bigfoot 2017". releasedatehub.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  2. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (7 April 2017). "StudioCanal Teases 'Son of Bigfoot'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "The Son of Bigfoot". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Ben Stassen Set to Direct 3D Animated Sequel "Bigfoot Superstar". Variety.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ ""Bigfoot Family" selected for 2020 Annecy Festival". nWave Pictures. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ "The Son of Bigfoot (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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