Little Lily (film)

Little Lily is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated adventure musical comedy-drama film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and based on the Fox Interactive and Electronic Arts video game series of the same name. The film was written and directed by Mike Bell from a screenplay by Mark Burton, David Lindsay-Abaire, and Lorne Cameron, and features the ensemble voice cast starring Sarah Silverman, Ryan Reynolds, Mandy Moore, Garry Shandling, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, Neil Patrick Harris, Kristin Chenoweth, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Goodman, Danny Glover, Jennifer Lopez and Russell Brand.

In the film, three tiny humans, a little girl, a adventurous princess, and a brave guard who go on a big quest, to save their tiny world and their friends from the destruction by the giant Musbirks and an menacing rock star that threatens to steal the village's musical powers.

The film was released on March 23, 2012 in the United States, and received mixed reviews from critics who praised the animation and voice acting but criticized the screenplay. The film grossed $237 million against a $122 million budget. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 19, 2012.

Plot
In a world made of magical music powers, small, living, colorful humans who live in an almost perpetual state of happiness, singing, dancing, and having fun all day in a tiny enclosed village. However, they are discovered by the Musbirks, giant ugly miserable creatures, who can only feel happy by eating the humans. The Musbirks imprison the humans and eat them every year on a special occasion. The tiny humans, led by their king, King Roland, with his baby daughter, Princess Naomi, escape through tunnels on the day where the Musbirks finally eat the humans, when Prince Marco was going to eat his first human. Enraged, Marco's father King Frederick banishes Chef Charlotte, who was in charge of preparing for the special occasion. Chef Charlotte promises to leave and find the humans herself. Meanwhile, an baby girl named Lily is accidentally abandoned in the forest where subterranean trolls emerge from underground at night to scavenge for food where the trolls find a crying Lily along in a small basket. The trolls then decide to let Lily live among them, cared for by a talkative troll named Chester.

15 years later, the now-adult Princess Naomi throws a big party to celebrate the humans' escape, despite the warnings of the over-cautious Oliver, that loud and huge parties will attract the Musbirks. A "Zen" human named Philip (whom Naomi has a secret crush on) arrives and tells Oliver to start being happy instead of being miserable all the time; Oliver refuses. At the party, Oliver's warnings come true, when Chef Charlotte sees the fireworks and kidnaps Naomi's friends Quinn, Jasper with Mr. Squishy, Sophie with Sophia, Vinny, DJ Ally, Mr. Guzzle, along with Philip, despite Naomi trying to rescue him and King Roland. Chef Charlotte then takes the kidnapped humans and creatures back to Musbirk Kingdom. Meanwhile, as Lily and Chester travel to the village, they see Chef Charlotte with a giant bag, where the humans and creatures are in. Lily and Chester then head toward the village where the two find Naomi, where she is saddened after her friends were kidnapped.

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Voice cast

 * Sarah Silverman as Little Lily
 * Ryan Reynolds as Oliver
 * Mandy Moore as Princess Naomi
 * Garry Shandling as Chester
 * Michelle Pfeiffer as Chef Charlotte
 * John Goodman as King Roland
 * Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Prince Marco
 * Elizabeth Banks as Queen Zoe
 * Chris Rock as Quinn
 * Michael Cera as Jasper
 * Kristin Chenoweth as Becky
 * Sam Rockwell as Cowboy Clifford
 * Jared Brady as Mr. Guzzle
 * Kristen Bell as DJ Ally
 * Russell Brand as Philip
 * Tara Strong and Grey Griffin as Sophie and Sophia
 * Ozzy Osbourne as King Wesley
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Frank the Fox
 * David Webber as Mr. Squishy / Vinny / Tim / Todd
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Spider / Announcer / Talking Ladybug

Additional Voices

 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosemary Alexander
 * Steve Alterman
 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Kirk Baily
 * Mitch Carter
 * June Christopher
 * David Cowgill
 * Chad Einbinder
 * Donald Fullilove
 * Jean Gilpin
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Karen Huie
 * Rif Hutton
 * Anne Lockhart
 * Scott Menville
 * Jonathan Nichols
 * Paul Pape
 * Devika Parikh
 * Kelly M. Stables
 * Pepper Sweeney
 * Lisa Wilhoit
 * Ruth Zalduondo

Production
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Casting
On May 19, 2011, Fox announced that Sarah Silverman, Ryan Reynolds, Mandy Moore, Neil Patrick Harris, Garry Shandling, and Danny Glover had joined the cast of the film.

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Music
Henry Jackman composed the original soundtrack for the film, which was released on March 6, 2012, by Interscope Records. The rest of the cast contributed to the film's soundtrack, which also features guest appearances from Earth, Wind & Fire and Ester Dean.

Release
Little Lily was initially scheduled to be released on February 10, 2012, but was pushed back two months later to April 6, 2012 before being pushed back to its current date of March 23, 2012. Little Lily premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California on March 2, 2012. The American release followed on March 23, 2012. The United Kingdom release was later released on April 27, 2012.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released on June 22, 2011, and was attached into Cars 2 in theaters two days later. The film's official trailer which included The Who song "Baba O'Riley", debuted on November 1, 2011, and was attached into theatrical screenings of Crystal: Coming of Darkness. An exclusive sneak peek (presented by Sarah Silverman, Ryan Reynolds, and Mandy Moore) was also released online on February 7, 2012.

Tie-ins with McDonald's, Airheads, Fisher-Price, Ziploc, and Best Buy, were used to promote the film. A balloon themed after Little Lily debuted at the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Publishers Dalmatian Press and Ape Entertainment released books tied to the film.

Home media
Little Lily was released in the United States and Canada on DVD and Blu-ray on October 19, 2012, with a standalone single-disc DVD release being released on that same day.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on March 20, 2012, for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360.

Box office
Little Lily grossed $101.1 million in the United States and Canada and $136.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $237 million.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 187 reviews with an average rating of 5.4/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 49 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Main
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Trailers
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