Kubo is a good kid, to be sure, but his plight in "Kubo and the Two Strings" is confusing and unnecessarily complicated. Accompanied on his journey by a white haired primate with parental instincts known simply as Monkey (Charlize Theron) - who may or may not be the reincarnation of his recently deceased mother, I'm not quite sure - and eventually by Beetle, a Samurai-type warrior (Matthew McConaughey) with four arms who wears a large suit of armor - Kubo - with his magical guitar and his equally marvelous sheets of paper, which can transform into whatever the young boy plays on his enchanted tambourine - battles twin witches (or are they sorceresses?), giant underwater Eye monsters and eventually the legendary Moon King. Although the visuals look amazing, the script is heavy handed on mythical folklore of the world it takes place in, and even more laborious when it comes to the spoken word, which is hardly charming or humorous. This is the sort of experience that children will merely only "like", while the adults will be too busy checking their watches all too frequently. It is a movie that will leave an impression on everyone without really impressing anyone.
C+
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