Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Streaming Movie Review: Stream It Or Skip It? [Video]

The arrival of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (now streaming on VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) makes the Sonic’s Creepy Eyes Controversy seem like it happened 200 years ago. Since then, Sonicbecame a billion-dollar-grossing movie franchise (on top of the kazillions the video games and related content surely raked in), with most of the core creative team led by director Jeff Fowler remaining intact. And so we got a more-of-the-same-but-more-of-it M.O.: a new character voiced by Keanu Reeves, villain hedgehog Shadow, joins the melee, but more notably, Jim Carrey was lured out of sort-of-retirement to not just reprise his Dr. Robotnik role, but play TWO Dr. Robotniks. The result? A series-best $422 million at the box office, and a shocking 88 percent on the Tomatometer – which, after seeing the movie, I attribute to strategic programming for families (when options are slim for the young’uns, you just pick the one with the talking animal) and …