Osmosis Jones (2001)

Directed by

Tom Sito, Piet Kroon, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Genre

comedy film, action film, buddy film, children's film, buddy cop film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 1,096 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A white blood cell police officer teams up with a cold pill to save an unhealthy man from a deadly virus. The story mixes live-action and animation as they travel inside the human body.

playfulfast-pacedsillygross-outcolorfulaction-packedbuddy-comedy tonefantastical

What happens

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 American live-action/animated buddy cop action comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and written by Marc Hyman. The film stars the voices of Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood and William Shatner, alongside Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott and Bill Murray in live-action roles. It combines live-action sequences directed by the Farrelly Brothers and animated ones directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito. It follows the titular protagonist, an anthropomorphic white blood cell police officer (Rock), as he teams up with a cold pill (Pierce) to protect his unhealthy human host (Murray) from a deadly virus (Fishburne) he unintentionally contracted. Filming took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from April to June 2000. Although originally expected to be released in November 2000 it premiered on August 7, 2001, and was theatrically released three days later on August 10 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the worldbuilding, animation, story and voice performances, but also criticized the inconsistent tone of the live-action portions and overuse of gross-out humor. The film was additionally a commercial failure, grossing $14 million worldwide against a $70 million budget. Despite the poor financial response, the film garnered success on home video, followed by an animated television series Ozzy & Drix, which aired on Kids' WB for two seasons and twenty-six episodes from 2002 until 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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