Fixed Review: Netflix Exchanges Cuties for Freaky Canines Five Years Later
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Title: Fixed
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Release Date: August 13, 2025
Sony Pictures Animation released their first-ever R-rated animated movie! In the animation medium, a lot of the movies are geared towards kids because "animation is for kids," like what most people say. We get 2D animated and adult animated movies here and there. Even so, is this movie any good? Today's movie is Fixed, the new adult-animated dog movie released on Netflix. Against a rough $30 million budget, many critics and audiences were mixed about it. They praised the 2D animation and voice performances, but they also criticized the crude humor and thin narrative. After it was conceived in 2009, it finally went through development in 2018, and it got finished in 2023. Warner Bros. was initially going to give it a theatrical release under New Line Cinema, but in August 2024, they dropped the movie for Netflix to acquire it in April and then release it this month. Albeit it has good 2D animation and well-done voice acting, Fixed is an abomination that needs a lot more fixing.
Sony Pictures Animation released their first-ever R-rated animated movie! In the animation medium, a lot of the movies are geared towards kids because "animation is for kids," like what most people say. We get 2D animated and adult animated movies here and there. Even so, is this movie any good? Today's movie is Fixed, the new adult-animated dog movie released on Netflix. Against a rough $30 million budget, many critics and audiences were mixed about it. They praised the 2D animation and voice performances, but they also criticized the crude humor and thin narrative. After it was conceived in 2009, it finally went through development in 2018, and it got finished in 2023. Warner Bros. was initially going to give it a theatrical release under New Line Cinema, but in August 2024, they dropped the movie for Netflix to acquire it in April and then release it this month. Albeit it has good 2D animation and well-done voice acting, Fixed is an abomination that needs a lot more fixing.
Summary
"After learning he's getting neutered, a dog has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys." - Google
"After learning he's getting neutered, a dog has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys." - Google
Reasons
The things that should be neutered in Fixed are the sheer illegality, forced humor, and shallow plot. Before the movie was released, everyone, including me, hated the trailer to the point where we pointed out the wrongs of it. Think Strays, but with an explicitly worse synopsis. The movie is about a feral dog who should have fun using the last 24 hours of his balls. Do you see the problem now? Another reason why we can go against this is because the humor is simply not that funny. From a Hollywood perspective, mature animation equals humping, curse words, and sacks, but it's far more than that. None of the characters even manage to make any clean jokes in-between to make it more interesting. Because this movie relies more on gross-out shock value, the plot is so shallow. Instead of exploring character subplots or even other important directions, all it just focuses on is Bull having one last night with his balls. It drops several character subplots that will not be looked at ever again.
More things that Fixed should get removed are the terrible characters, frantic pacing, and unjustified execution. All of the characters are just walking stereotypes that are better fitting in a YouTube parody. Bull (Adam DeVine) is the horny protagonist, Honey (Kathryn Hahn) is the love interest, Rocco (Idris Elba) is the tough guy, Fetch (Fred Armisen) is the comic relief, Lucky (Bobby Moynihan) is the idiot, and the list goes on. The character development is half-baked with no explanations whatsoever. Other than the characters, the pacing is repetitive. Again, it has to make the most dirty jokes it can, all while resolving a mission about doggy balls. Even the emotional beats are not worth sympathizing for because they are so rushed. Finally, under that Genndy Tartakovsky label, the execution is failing to justify it as an adult-animated movie. Mr. Tartakovsky's legacy with Samurai Jack and the Hotel Transylvania series makes him so loved by the animation community. If the story is 90% shock humor and hundreds of curse words, that is not how you make an animated film for adults.
In Fixed, the 2D animation and the voice acting are the only two saving graces. Despite the movie being released under Sony Pictures Animation, it was actually animated by Renegade Animation and Lightstar Studios. Tartakovsky did not want CGI, so that is a good thing at least. Too bad the animators had to focus on dog balls and juvenile humping. Just like with any other animated movie, the voice acting is solid. It has an all-star ensemble such as Adam DeVine, Beck Bennett, Idris Elba, Bobby Moynihan, and much more. Again, these voice actors deserve to be in a better film than whatever crap was released by Netflix.
Conclusion
Just like Cuties for its pedophilic scenes, Fixed is one of these abysmal propaganda movies that will get removed from its streaming service in a few years. Yes, its animation and voice acting are great, but it's too late because they are wasted on a zoophile's cinematic fantasy. If the characters were anthropomorphic, then we could've respected the movie. Also, don't lose support for Sony Pictures Animation. Blame Netflix because they forced their partner company to release this crap. For my recommendation, just watch KPop Demon Hunters instead, and forget this movie existed in the first place.
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