The degree to which Storks doesn’t work is astounding given the quality of animated films over the last 20 years or so. As the bar repeatedly gets raised (normally by Pixar, occasionally by DreamWorks or Disney), the flotsam and jetsam leading up to the bar gets more and more piled up. This isn’t the worst animated film of the year, Angry Birds still holds that title, but this is close. It’s frustrating when a clever concept gets buried in unnecessary plot and ignores the characters only to force development upon them in the last act whether they earned it or not. Keep the kids home and watch Zootopia or The Jungle Book instead or if you’re intent on going out, see Kubo and the Two Strings, everyone will be the better for it.