PLOT

Here’s how the pitch meeting probably went for this movie: “Well, everyone knows snails are slow. What this movie presupposes is…maybe one isn’t?”

CHARACTERS

The bar is admittedly set pretty low for both of these, but this is somehow my favorite Ryan Reynolds & Samuel L Jackson team-up movie and my favorite “Luis Guzmán works in a kitchen” movie.

FX

The lighting effects in this movie are really great, but there are a few not-quite-so-polished shots that aren’t holding up too well already.

REWATCHABILITY

I can’t believe I watched this in the theater back in the day, but I also can’t believe I watched it again at home. It’s definitely the least imaginative DreamWorks movie (that doesn’t involve underpants, at least).