With its bright colours, vast imagination, and talented stars in the voice cast, Spies In Disguise amounts to a harmless bit of high concept animated fun. Mind you, the overall story and “spy turned into a pigeon” gag is ultimately overplayed by the end, and would probably work better as an animated short rather than a feature length caper. Wait… what’s that? It’s based on a 2009 cartoon short titled Pigeon Impossible? Point proven I suppose. This movie does boast enough comedy for both kids AND adults however, making it less of a chore for the over 8 year-old moviegoing crowd. The entertainment value is also elevated by the voice talents of Will Smith and Tom Holland, who give it their all with delightfully “uppy” performances (no phoning it in here). But while it’s an enjoyable enough shiny distraction, it doesn’t nearly stack up against the many other stellar animated gems we've received throughout the year (Toy Story 4, Abominable, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Missing Link, and so on). Luckily, we can surely use some worthy distractions these days.