Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Musical, Adventure, Animation
Directed by Matt Stawski
Produced by Traci Paige Johnson, Angela Santomero
Screenplay by Angela Santomero, Liz Maccie
Based on Blue’s Clues & Blue’s Clues & You! by Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, Angela Santomero
Starring: Josh Dela Cruz, Traci Paige Johnson, Donovan Patton, Steven Pasquale, Phillipa Soo, Ali Stroker, Taboo, Alex Winter, BD Wong & Steve Burns.
Music by: Alex Geringas, Anthony Green
Edited by Scott Richter
Cinematography: Derek McKane
Production Companies: Nickelodeon Movies, 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films, Line by Line Media
Distributed by Paramount+, Nick Jr. (UK)
The plot: Josh and Blue travel to New York City to attend an audition, hoping to star in a major Broadway musical while being a part of the cast.
Blue’s Big City Adventure Movie was pretty good.
Pros: Josh was easy to route for travelling to New York to chase his dream going to Broadway. I loved how blue’s pawprints was used on screen and the plotline involving Josh’s notebook. Seeing Steve Burns in a supporting role was a huge surprise as he was the original actor in the television series and this film is worth your time if you are a Paramount+ subscriber.
Cons: The musical numbers didn’t do that much for me. Some of the environments do look fake at times and the celeb cameos didn’t add that much to the main plot.
Cast & Characters:
Voice cast:
- Traci Paige Johnson as Blue
- Brianna Bryan as Rainbow Puppy
- Nick Balaban as Mr. Salt
- Ava Augustin as Tickety Tock
- Gisèle Rousseau as Mrs. Pepper
- Breeze Dango as Cuppa Coffee
- Tianna SwamiNathan as Young Bird
- Joseph Motiki as Adult Bird
- Hope Cassandra as 20 Something
- Jacob Soley as Slippery Soap
- Shazdeh Kapadia as Sidetable Drawer
- Doug Murray as Mailbox
- Lisa Norton as NYC Mailbox
- Cory Doran as Trash Can
Live-action cast:
- Josh Dela Cruz as Josh
- Steve Burns as Steve
- Donovan Patton as Joe
- BD Wong as Director
- Max Darwin as Audition Person #1
- Adam John Richardson as Audition Person #2
- Kara Irene Mikula as Audition Person #3
- Phillipa Soo as Audition Person #4
- Evelyn Lee as Kid #1
- Austin Elle Fisher as Kid #2
- Sid Kamat as Kid #3
- Sebastian Ortiz as Kid #4
- Summer Rae Daney as Kid #5
- Cameron Keitt as Kid #6
- Allegra Tumbleson as Kid #7
- Daniel Shin as Kid #8
- Ali Stroker as herself
- Taboo as himself
- Alex Winter as Cab Driver
- Steven Pasquale as Janitor
I recommend watching this film to those who have subscribed to Paramount+.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.