Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie

Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie is a 2019 American animated musical comedy feature film based on the animated television series of the same name developed by Emily Brundige for DreamWorks Animation Television. It is the first theatrical Warner Bros. musical film to be 2D animated since Quest for Camelot. The film takes place after the season two finale and it is also the first theatrical animated film based on the series to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Harvey Films. The film was released theatrically in movie theaters for the United States and Canada on September 20, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures. This makes it the first and only theatrical Harvey Street Kids film to hit the big screen, which will lead up to the season three premiere of the show. In theaters, an Ozzy & Drix short entitled The Case of the Pox was shown prior to the film.

The film stars Lauren Lapkus, Stephanie Lemelin, Kelly McCreary, Atticus Shaffer, Danny Pudi, Grey Griffin, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Roger Craig Smith, Jamaal Hepburn, Cree Summer, Chelsea Peretti, Nat Faxon, Jack Quaid, Anna Camp, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Joey McIntyre, Nick Lachey, Joey Fatone, and Shawn Stockman reprising their roles from the television series. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $310 million worldwide against a $85 million budget, making it the second non-Disney animated film and so far, the first non-DreamWorks animated film to gross over $100 million in the United States since The Rugrats Movie and Despicable Me, and also making it the fifth highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of 2019 and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Plot
Audrey, Dot, Lotta, and the rest of the characters on Harvey Street make their big screen debut. The BFFs are taking their wacky afternoon adventure to the next level with new musical numbers to sing.

Main Characters

 * Lauren Lapkus as Lotta
 * Stephanie Lemelin as Audrey
 * Kelly McCreary as Dot

Recurring Characters

 * Atticus Shaffer as Melvin
 * Danny Pudi as Tiny
 * Grey Griffin as Lucretia / Frufru / The Harvey Street Bow (usually abbreviated as just "The Bow")
 * Utkarsh Ambudkar as Fredo
 * Roger Craig Smith as Pinkeye / Bobby the Elder
 * Jamaal Hepburn as Gerald
 * Cree Summer as Zoe
 * Chelsea Peretti as Maria
 * Nat Faxon as Stu
 * Jack Quaid as Richie Rich
 * Anna Camp as Chevron
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Raccoons
 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Additional voices
 * Joey McIntyre, Nick Lachey, Joey Fatone, and Shawn Stockman as Crush4U

Production
On November 19, 2018, Warner Bros. announced the film and its release date of September 20, 2019, with the show's cast reprising their roles. A month later, the film's title and teaser poster debuted. The film marks the ninth time a theatrical Warner Bros. Animation film isn't produced by Warner Animation Group since the group's formation in 2013.

Rating
Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Genre
Animation | Musical | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Music
Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis and Dan Petty composed the soundtrack for the film. In addition to using the original series' music work from Jay Vincent on the film, they also composed themes for Audrey, Dot and Lotta. The BFF's musical score was the major focus and they also composed themes for the rest of the characters on Harvey Street.

Theatrical run
The film was released theatrically in movie theaters for the United States and Canada on September 20, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures, on the same year as Warner Bros. Animation's previous film, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: A Star is Born!. The film will be presented in a 1.85:1 format, rather than Warner Animation Group's standard 2.39:1 format on its previous titles. The film's theatrical release will be preceded by The Case of the Pox, a short film based on the animated television series Ozzy & Drix.

Home media
Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie will be released on Digital on December 3, 2019 and Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K-Ultra HD on December 24, 2019, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It contains an Ozzy & Drix short film The Case of the Pox, the 18-minute featurette,  the documentary Behind the BFFs: The Making of Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie, featuring interviews with most of the cast and crew, animatics, the audio commentaries and a sneak peek of Chuck's Choice: The Movie.

Box office
Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie has grossed $101 million in the United States and Canada, and $209 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $310 million, against a production budget of $85 million.

In the United States and Canada, Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie was released alongside Ad Astra, and was initially projected to gross around $90 million from 5,000 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to go as high as $100 million. Therefore, Harvey Street Kids: A Really Big Movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $310 million worldwide, making it the second non-Disney animated film and so far, the first non-DreamWorks animated film to gross over $100 million in the United States since The Rugrats Movie and Despicable Me, and also making it the fifth highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of 2019 and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Critical response
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 88% approval rating based on the 96 positive reviews, and its average rating is 6.75/10. The critical consensus reads, "A musical movie like this one will always be with us all, although the plot didn't seem to make that much sense. But, it's a pretty great movie." Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film an "B+" on its A+ to F scale.

Trivia

 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated Harvey Street Kids movie to hit theaters.
 * The movie will be Rated PG.
 * This was one of the successful films of 2019.
 * This is Warner Bros.' fourth hand-drawn animated film of all time, after "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" released 26 years prior, "Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture" released 2 years prior and   Teen Titans GO! To The Movies  released 8 months prior.
 * This is the next theatrical 2D animated movie in 21 years after Quest for Camelot (1998), 20 years after The Iron Giant (1999) and 16 years after Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).
 * Although, Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a live-action/animated hybrid movie, and it was released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
 * This marks as Warner Bros.' next 2D animated theatrical film. Warner Bros. had its original feature animation division, which produced 2D animated films.
 * Before the movie, a short film called "The Case of the Pox" based on the animated television series Ozzy & Drix was played.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's next film to be produced at 1.85:1 and Warner Bros.' next animated film to be produced at 1.85:1 after The Ant Bully (2006), Teen Titans GO! To The Movies (2018) and Steven Universe: The Movie (2019).
 * This is Warner Animation Group's thirty-sixth traditionally animated film.
 * This is the thirty-sixth theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film since  Clifford's Really Big Movie  released 15 years prior.
 * This is the twenty-second theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on traditional hand-drawn animation mixed with CGI animation instead of Flash animation.
 * The film will be animated by Digital eMation, Inc. and NE4U, INC.
 * The film also marks Warner Bros. Animation's first co-production with Harvey Films.
 * This is the fifth Warner Bros. animated film to be released in September after  Storks  released 3 years prior,  The Lego Ninjago Movie  released 2 years prior and "WordGirl: The Movie" and  Smallfoot   both released a year before.

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