But the movie's true standout is Kate McKinnon ("Saturday Night Live," 2016's "Ghostbusters") as Lupe the Goat, who is Ferdinand's life coach and wingman.

It’s no Coco, but Ferdinand, a CG-animated adaptation of the classic 1936 Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson book about a flower-loving bull who’d rather sniff than fight, manages to squeak by with ...

“Ferdinand” director Carlos Saldanha and the screenwriters also are skilled at imparting the brutality of bullfighting without getting too intense for a PG-rated film.

The humor is broad and obvious (yes, Ferdinand winds up in a china shop, with predictable results), but there are a number of scenes that hit the mark. Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.

The animated story “Ferdinand” is a load of bull, and that’s a compliment. Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha, who helmed the “Rio” movies and two installments of the “Ice Age ...

When the movie begins, it has all the trappings of Bambi (1942), The Lion King (1994), or even The Good Dinosaur (2015), a story about a child-like animal that loses its parent and is set off on a ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The story of a "Ferdinand" the peaceful bull has been a favorite children's book for 80 years. It's now a feature length movie, with WWE star John Cena voicing the title role ...

“Ferdinand” could lose 10 or 15 minutes, easily, and there’s no question where the trimming should happen: the four-legged dramatis personae. In addition to Lupe the goat, there are five ...

"Built to fight, born to love." 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios have unveiled a second official trailer for the animated film Ferdinand, about a bull raised by a family in Spain and taken to ...

During a research trip to Spain for Fox/Blue Sky’s Ferdinand, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha found inspiration, not only for the animated feature’s production design, but also for his ...