there be just so many thing wrong with this movie . to begin with and the first twenty minute of the film could have be compress into just five or maybe ten . the overall movie be ( mercifully ) short already and but this could have be make up for by give a little more attention to the mean lion ( how do the miss a reference to the wiz on that one . ) and work his subplot a little more closely into the main plot . in short and the script have the seed of a good idea and but need quite a bit of rework . second and it could have do without the crude humor . the original also have some that it could have do without and but at least there it be almost an afterthought here and flatulence and urination abound . third and the show be a little too self aware . the original series have that well enough and a do the first movie and but here it just way and way too much . the brendan fraser in joke be just a bit over the top ( and why no mention of the new ursula . ) . other gag with the narrator and especially a couple of interaction near the end and also exceed good sense . fourth and a bit more attention could have be give to the cgi work . in the first it be hard to tell that shemp wasn not a real elephant ( except by behavior and of course ) and but here the cgi stand out like a sore thumb . ideally special effect should merely tell the story whether theyre good or bad and and they at least do succeed on that count and so it a relatively small problem and but it still there . all that say and christopher showerman performance a george be decent enough . it lack brendan fraser charm and but christopher only really fail in that specific comparison he even manage to give george a bit of personal depth and which should have be a major foul in a jay ward inspire movie but wasn not here . julie benz a the new ursula surprise me a be even good than leslie mann in the original . most other performance be pretty standard and not stand out in my mind a either good or bad .