Turu, the Wacky Hen

This chick is clucking awesome!!!

Family Animation Music
80 min     7.145     2020     Argentina

Overview

Like a love song to differences, Turu, the Wacky Hen tells the story of a creature who, due to her particular appearance, becomes the object of ridicule for the rest of the henhouse. Her wiry legs and featherless back don’t startle Isabel, an ex music teacher who picks her for being so special. Turuleca doesn’t lay eggs because her hidden talent is another: she talks, she sings and she dances, giving it her all. Turu, the Wacky Hen is a full-color, animated party that invites us to move our bodies to its musical numbers, making us sing verses that have the power to turn us into children once again, if only for a little while.

Reviews

CinemaSerf wrote:
There's something a little of the Hans Christian Anderson to this daft story about an hen that cannot lay eggs. Her owner isn't the most scrupulous of gents, so he flogs "Turu" to retired music teacher "Isabel". Not being able to provide for her early morning omelette isn't the best news she learns about her new possession, but she's not going to give up hope. She decides that playing some music might just help oil the wheels, so to speak, on the hen laying front! Instead, though, this strategy just demonstrates that this particular hen has quite a bit of rhythm. Thing is, destiny isn't just going to leave "Turu" in this friendly new setting, and after a couple of incidents that usually end up with her falling on her head, or getting very wet, she ends up in a circus where her trapeze-wielding antics soon end up coming to the rescue of debt-ridden owner "Antonio". Meantime, we are aware of the nefarious antics of the dastardly "Tramas" who has other plans, not just for the big top but for it's feathered saviour. Can "Turu" and his chums thwart these plans before it's too late? I actually quite enjoyed this simple animation and even though it's all fairly predicable and episodic, some effort has gone into characterising "Turu" and the slightly more menacing "Tramas" and by using both a farmyard at the start and a circus as a backdrop for the latter stages, it allows the introduction of some quirkier characters like "Hipólita" - a woman never to be messed with and the mischievous gravity-defying "Lucía". Along the way, there's a lively - if entirely forgettable - soundtrack to help speed things along and at eighty minutes, it resists any temptation to drag things out. No, it isn't especially original but there's some harmless fun to be had here.

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