Rumble [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Overview

As the world's most popular sport, monster wrestling puts superstar monster athletes together in over-the-top wrestling matches. Winnie (Geraldine Viswanathan) is an aspiring monster wrestling coach who wants to follow in her father's legendary footsteps. Winnie takes on the challenge of coaching Rayburn (Will Arnett), an inexperienced wrestler and charming underdog. Winnie and Rayburn aim to take down monster wrestling's reigning champion, Tentacular (Terry Crews). Directed by Hamish Grieve, Rumble is adapted from Rob Harrell's graphic novel, "Monster on the Hill."

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2022
UPC:	0032429352491
Original Release:	2021
Rating:	PG
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	23,533

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Geraldine Viswanathan	Winnie
Will Arnett	Rayburn
Stephen A. Smith	Marc Remy
Terry Crews	Tentacular
Jimmy Tatro	Lights Out McGinty
Tony Shalhoub	Fred
Susan Kelechi Watson	Maggie
Tony Danza	Siggy
Bridget Everett	Lady Mayhen
Fred Melamed	Mayor
Michael Buffer	Stoker Announcer
Ben Schwartz	Jimothy Brett-Chadley III
Brian Baumgartner	Klonk
Greta Lee	Councilwoman
John DiMaggio	Betting Guy
Brian Hopkins	Underground Referee
Rebecca Quin	Axehammer
Joe Anoa'i	Ramarilla
Fred Tatasciore	Referee
Jamal Duff	Denise
Don Priess	Docks Announcer
Kaya McLean	Young Winnie
Gracen Newton	Young Rayburn
Christopher Knights	King Gorge's Coach
Candi Milo	Docks Referee
Carlos Gómez	Jimbo Coyle
Charles Barkley	Rayburn Senior
Phil LaMarr	Security Guard
Becky Lynch	Voices
Amber West	Maricella
Carlos Alazraqui	Nerdle
John Gluck	Boy in Crowd
Owen Batty	Confused Little Boy
Chris Eubank	King Gorge
Chris Anthony Lansdowne	Farmer
Brian Delaney	Burly Guy #1
Alastair James	Burly Guy #2
Christophe Lautrette	French Announcer
Toshiji Takeshima	Japanese Announcer
Lorne Balfe	Composer

Technical Credits

Hamish Grieve

Matt Lieberman

Rob Harrell

Etan Cohen

Hamish Grieve	Screenwriter,Director
Matt Lieberman	Screenwriter
Rob Harrell	Screenwriter
Naia Cucukov	Executive Producer
Jeffrey Fierson	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Susan Levison	Executive Producer
Richard Lowell	Executive Producer
Steve O'Brien	Executive Producer
Chuck Peil	Executive Producer
Mark Bakshi	Producer
Brad Booker	Producer
Etan Cohen	Screenwriter
Angelo Palazzo	Sound/Sound Designer
Stephen Robinson	Sound/Sound Designer
Larry Hopkins	Sound Mixer
Mary Hidalgo	Casting
Eliot Connors	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Rumble, the film by animator turned writer/director Hamish Grieve (Shrek 2), writing with Matt Lieberman (Free Guy), brings kaiju out of Japan and into the wrestling ring. Unfortunately, though the concept is good, the story never creates a connection between the characters and the audience. In a world where monster wrestling is the lifeblood of many cities, Stoker is the heart. Rayburn and his trainer Jimbo Coyle were the champs and the soul of Stoker. But they have disappeared, and a new combatant, Tentacular (Terry Crews), is in town. Unfortunately, when Tentacular wins the championship, he bails on Stoker, leaving them with no monster and no hope. To keep the stadium dedicated to her father from being destroyed, Jimbo's daughter Winnie (Geraldine Viswanathan) goes to the seedy world of warehouse wrestling to find a new champ. Instead, she finds Steve (Will Arnett), a career loser more interested in dancing than winning. With no other candidate, Winnie must mold Steve into a winner; otherwise, the stadium will become a parking lot. Grieve has a good idea in using Rob Harrell's Monster on the Hill as the basis for an animated feature. But in adapting it, the story loses something. The focus is on the two main characters while virtually excluding all others. Without adding connections to those around them, even Steve and Winnie remain two-dimensional. Because of this, the film doesn't stand out from any other mismatched buddy or coming-of-age movie. Instead, it gets lost in the pack. Mismatched voice casting doesn't help, either. It isn't that the performers do poorly, but except for Crews, there just isn't believability between the vocals and the bodies from which they emanate. One other obvious exception is having veteran boxing announcer Michael Buffer essentially play himself. Hearing his classic, "Let's get ready to rummmbbbllllleeeeeee!" set a mood to which the rest of the script couldn't rise. The primary saving grace of the film comes in the animation - particularly the monsters. They are fun, individual, and joyful to watch. The wrestling scenes are easy to follow, and each monster's unique moves are original at fit the characters to a tee. The backgrounds are great, too. The artists did a fantastic job of conveying a town whose economy is based solely on the sports arena that it hosts. Rumble isn't a failure at entertaining, but it doesn't have much in the way of originality, either. The characters are mostly flat, the story follows a standard progression without connecting with the viewer, and the message the screenwriters try to send doesn't have much impact. Kids, and adults, are likely to enjoy the monsters and the wrestling, but everything else fails to capture the belt, or even to become a contender for it.