Savva

2015

1 hr. 25 min.

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

List

20%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Audience Score

Trying to help his village break free from vicious hyenas, a young boy finds himself in a magical world. He meets new friends who join him on a quest to see a magician who might help Savva's village.

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Liam D

Despite an pretty decent cast this goes through every fantasy and animated kids movie cliches that the movie becomes very stale

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/26/22

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Cindy H

its good, not great. a young boy goes on a quest to find protection for his family. i think the main thing i didn't like about the movie was some of the character models are so ugly. but besides stylistic choices the animation itself isn't that bad. its not pixar quality or anything but it could be a lot worse.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/24/22

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Audience Member

slightly left field, and a bit differnent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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I thought it was great! Something different and i found it funny. It was a nice kids movie and good humour for adults to watch as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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not to waste your time watching it

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Although the graphics are a bit rudimentary to say the least, The actual story and lessons that are trying to be brought over, are very beautiful and very fresh. which because of this, sets it apart from modern day animation in recent years. in recent films you will always know what you're getting, the hero will be brave, the bad guy will mock, the damsel in distress will be waiting for her rescuer, there will be a big fight the hero will overcome the villan and they all live happily ever after. Yet in this one it is trying to delve into the relationship between the characters such as Savva and angee. Also the fact that they were trying to inform the viewer of how to be aware of certain sins that appear most often in every day life, such as pride greed, ignorance and vanity. The pride of course referring to the White wolves that were transformed because of it.and of course Fafi who is also transformed because of his pride and vanity and how he must humble himself to agreeing with a mosquito for part of the curse to be lifted so you they may part ways. And the other example of course referring to the ape Queen which had been given three heads of split personality, greed, ignorance and vanity. So all in all no I would not say this is the bad film in fact it is a refreshing and beautiful film.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Maksim Fadeev

Director

Milla Jovovich

Savva

Whoopi Goldberg

Mama Zho Zi

Geoffrey Cantor

Semi-Baron Fafl

Will Chase

Anga

Jim Cummings

Shaman Shi-Sha

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Unfortunately, the psychedelic imagination that director Maksim Fadeev brings to the minor characters in this kids' cartoon from Russia is not matched by the animation, which is clunky to put it kindly.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2016

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

[A] NutriBullet puree of myths, fairytales and cultural appropriation ...

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2016

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Tom Bond

Total Film

Shame that the plot bogs down in some baffling mythology - but when the parts do click the result is perfectly passable.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 2, 2017

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Boy's animated odyssey has lots of action, suspense, scares.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 5, 2016

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express (UK)

A feeble carbon copy of the films America and Britain do so much better.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 3, 2016

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Synopsis

Trying to help his village break free from vicious hyenas, a young boy finds himself in a magical world. He meets new friends who join him on a quest to see a magician who might help Savva's village.

Director: Maksim Fadeev
Executive Producer: Ryan Schinmann, Dmitriy Rudovskiy, Fedor Bondarchuk, Samuel Aroutiounian
Screenwriter: Maksim Fadeev, Gregory Poirier, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Production Co: Art Pictures Studio, Movie Trailer House, Glukoza Production
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017