This pseudo-Disney animation from Belgium comes with generic US settings and American voices, and cutesy talking animals doing uninspired stereotypes of Italian and Latino accents. It really does display a disconcerting ropey averageness. A pet kitten is abandoned from a car – the movie's single moment of dramatic heft – and finds refuge in a creepy-looking house that is actually the home of a kindly old magician and all his wacky animals and clockwork props; the lovable elderly fellow has a smarmy estate-agent nephew trying to turf him out. This overwhelmingly moderate film started life as one of those 10-minute "4D" attractions in theme parks: that is, a special 3D short film with in-theatre effects such as smoke and quivering seats. On that basis, it could well have been passable enough. As a feature film, it is soulless, like something that has been generated by a computer programme.

• Comments have been reopened to coincide with the film's Australian release.