Izzie's Way Home

Izzie's Way Home
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Directed by	Sasha Burrow
Written by	Camille Licate Hank Woon, Jr.
Produced by	Paul Bales David Michael Latt David Rimawi Ron Thornton Dylan Vox
Starring	Bonnie Dennison Tori Spelling[1] Zack Ward
Production company	The Asylum
Distributed by	The Asylum
Release date	May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)
Running time	75 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Izzie's Way Home is a 2016 American animated fantasy adventure film produced by The Asylum.^[3] It is The Asylum's first animated feature, and is a mockbuster of the 2016 Pixar Animation Studios film Finding Dory.^[4]

Plot

Izzie is a fish who lives with her father Harold in an aquarium, and is frequently bullied by the other fish in the vicinity. Harold tries to protect Izzie from being returned to the ocean by the human who maintains the aquarium, as that very event is what separated them from Izzie's mother. Izzie and Harold do end up being returned to the sea, and are separated during the eruption of an underwater volcano. A boat holding the aquarium tips over, causing the other fish to spill into the waters. Izzie befriends the other fish as she and her father search for one another.

Cast

• Bonnie Dennison as Izzie, a young female purple queen anthias
• Tom Virtue as Harold, Izzie's father, and Jimmy, an octopus
• Tori Spelling as April, a canary rockfish
• Zack Ward as Thurston, a British accented silver moonfish
• Joey Fatone as Carl, a sea cucumber
• Dawn Richard as Ginger, Carmel and Marcie, a trio of goldfish
• Lynne Marie Stewart as Clara, Izzie's mother, and Beatrice, a goblin shark
• Camille Licate as June, a pot-bellied seahorse, and Mona, an elderly green moray
• Paul M. Walker as Seymour, a blobfish
• Kim Little as Kristin, a sunset anthias

Reception

Dove found the movie to be appropriate for all ages.^[5] CG Animated Review considered "while the film wasn't great, it was better than expected, and a good effort for the Asylum's first animated film".^[6] Andrea Beach of Common Sense Media gave the film one star out of five, saying, "Low-budget undersea adventure is boring and lifeless."^[7]

References

1. McNary, Dave (20 January 2016). "'Sharknado' Producer the Asylum Launches Animation Division". Variety. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Izzie's Way Home - Dove Family Friendly Movie Reviews". The Dove Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
3. Hall, Jacob (22 January 2016). "'Sharknado' Production Company The Asylum Launches an Assault on the Animation Medium With 'Izzie's Way Home'". SlashFilm. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. Amidi, Amid (23 January 2016). "The 'Sharknado' Studio Has Found A Way To Cash In On 'Finding Dory'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. Dove.org
6. CG Movie Review
7. "Izzie's Way Home Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

External links

• Izzie's Way Home at IMDb
• Izzie's Way Home at Rotten Tomatoes