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'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' review: Jim Carrey still the life of the party

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Fred Hawson

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173699912308220250116030136_Sonic the Hedgehog 3_Sonic.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>A scene from &#x27;Sonic the Hedgehog 3.&#x27; Paramount Pictures International </div>One day, super-speedster Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) was given a surprise party by his fellow alien friends tech fox Tails (Colleen O&#x27;Shaughnessy) and muscle-man echidna Knuckles (Idris Elba), together with their adoptive parents Sheriff Tom (James Marsden) and veterinarian Maddie (Tika Sumpter) Wachowski in their home in Green Hills, Montana. They were celebrating the anniversary of Sonic&#x27;s arrival on Earth. However, Guardian Union of Nations (G.U.N.) Director Rockwell (Krysten Ritter) arrived to tell them that another alien hedgehog named Shadow (Keanu Reeves) had escaped from the G.U.N. facility in Tokyo. Team Sonic dutifully went to contain the situation, but Shadow turned out to be too strong for them. When he saw that they are going against the same foe, Sonic sought an alliance from their nemesis Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Jim Carrey).After adding Tails and Knuckles in the second installment, this current installment of the Sonic franchise introduced us to Sonic look-alike Shadow. His backstory dated back to 1974 when the meteorite containing him crash-landed in Oklahoma. We meet Maria (Alila Browne) the first human who treated him as a friend, instead of a scientific specimen. Something bad happened back then that made Shadow bitter and angry throughout his incarceration.The comedic adventures and misadventures of Team Sonic are geared towards a younger audience, but surely the adults will also find their rapid-fire banter and silly slapstick hilarious. Of course, the colorfully-animated characters were so chipper and frenetic as expected. However, I got a lot of laughs from Marsden and Sumpter as well, especially during that part when they could shapeshift into other characters while infiltrating enemy territory.  However, the best part of the whole film is still Jim Carrey. He always had been, and still very much is the life of the whole party in every Sonic film. It is doubly entertaining for this particular episode because there was literally two of him (Ivo and his grandfather Gerald), giving us twice the dose of outrageous, over-the-top physical comedy that only Jim Carrey can deliver, this time with an extra dash of heartwarming sentiment towards the end.

The comedic adventures and misadventures of Team Sonic are geared towards a younger audience, but surely the adults will also find their rapid-fire banter and silly slapstick hilarious

The comedic adventures and misadventures of Team Sonic are geared towards a younger audience, but surely the adults will also find their rapid-fire banter and silly slapstick hilarious