Although it's not on a par with the best of Pixar-Disney, this Warner Bros. release recalls the golden age of Looney Tunes in its energy, inventiveness, and subversive humor.

The songs are a bum note, but the film does raise thoughtful questions about dogma, fake news and the identity crises that might occur once a community's core beliefs are challenged.

It's weirdly and oddly and bizarrely and unexpectedly subversive.

Smallfoot was a pleasant surprise, in spite of its overstuffing and occasional weak writing.