Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

Directed by

David Soren

Genre

comedy film, family film, superhero film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,368 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two fourth grade pranksters hypnotize their mean principal into thinking he is a superhero named Captain Underpants. They do this to avoid being separated into different classrooms.

sillyfast-pacedplayfulzanygood-naturedlightheartedenergetic

What happens

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the children's novel series Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. The film was directed by David Soren, written by Nicholas Stoller, and features the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele, and Kristen Schaal. In the film, two fourth-grade pranksters named George (Hart) and Harold (Middleditch) hypnotize their mean humorless principal named Mr. Krupp (Helms) into thinking he is a superhero named Captain Underpants to avoid them being put in separate classrooms. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on May 21, 2017, and was released theatrically in the United States on June 2 by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $125 million against a budget of $38 million. A spin-off television series The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants was released on Netflix in on July 13, 2018, while a spin-off film Dog Man was released by Universal Pictures on January 31, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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