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"The Bad Guys" is a 2022 animated film directed by Pierre Perifel that tells a story featuring characters typically considered villainous. The film offers a fresh perspective on these traditionally antagonistic characters, exploring themes of redemption and challenging stereotypes.
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7.5When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
Cast
- Sam Rockwell as Wolf (voice)
- Marc Maron as Snake (voice)
- Awkwafina as Tarantula (voice)
- Craig Robinson as Shark (voice)
- Anthony Ramos as Piranha (voice)
- Richard Ayoade as Professor Marmalade (voice)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- snake
- wolf
- affectation
- spider
- villain
- heist
- anthropomorphism
- shark
- guinea pig
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Pierre Perifel
- Screenplay by
- Etan Cohen
- Based on
- The Bad Guys , by Aaron Blabey
- Produced by
- Damon Ross Rebecca Huntley
- Starring
- Sam Rockwell Marc Maron Awkwafina Craig Robinson Anthony Ramos Richard Ayoade Zazie Beetz Alex Borstein Lilly Singh
- Edited by
- John Venzon
- Music by
- Daniel Pemberton
- Production company
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- March 16, 2022 ( 2022-03-16 ) (Egypt and Seychelles) April 22, 2022 ( 2022-04-22 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $69–80 million
- Box office
- $250.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- The Bad Guys 2
- Director
- Pierre Perifel
- Screenwriter
- Etan Cohen
- Voice actor
- Lilly Singh
- Composer
- Daniel Pemberton
- Production company
- DreamWorks Animation
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 439023
- Distribution format
- Blu-ray Disc
- Official website
- www.dreamworks.com/movies/the-bad-guys
Show 11 more facts
- title
- The Bad Guys
- featured track(s)
- Go
- review score
- 6.9/10
- catalog code
- 21988
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 74500000
- box office
- 245713440
- publication date
- 2022-04-06
- attendance
- 1088919
- Commons category
- The Bad Guys (film)
- fabrication method
- computer animation
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bad Guys is a 2022 American animated crime comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. Loosely based on the children's book series by Aaron Blabey, the film was directed by Pierre Perifel (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Etan Cohen. The ensemble cast features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Alex Borstein, and Lilly Singh. It tells the story of a criminal group of anthropomorphic animals who, upon being caught, pretend to attempt to reform themselves as model citizens, only for their leader to find himself genuinely drawn to changing his ways for good.
Work on the film started in March 2018, with Cohen writing the screenplay. The characters and themes drew inspiration from various crime films and anime series such as Pulp Fiction (1994), the Ocean's film trilogy, Lupin the Third, and Sherlock Hound, while the inspiration for the film's animation style came from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Production began at DreamWorks Animation's Glendale campus, and some additional production assets were borrowed from Jellyfish Pictures, with voice acting being performed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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