Fixed may not be my particular cup of tea… maybe it’s just not the type of humor I find particularly funny. The fact of the matter is the idea of taking a story in the vein of The Secret Life of Pets and making it a sex comedy is a wild concept just on paper alone, imagine that in a 87 minute package. 

 

The story follows Bull (Adam Devine) as he is infinite levels of horny and his wonders decide it’s time to get him fixed. With only one more night on the town, Bull looks to his friends to throw a bachelor party of sorts and get him laid before the end of his balls as he knows them. 

 

The cast is loaded with some phenomenal talent, but even their attempt to generate some energy outside of annoyance is a difficult task. Adam Devine is fine as Bull, but his comedic timing doesn’t quite work the same way it does in live-action and the animation isn’t assuring his delivery. Fred Armisen, Kathryn Hahn, Bobby Moynihan… all unfortunately are having a similar issue as Devine. The only successful voice is the buff boxer, Rocco, played by Idris Elba. Elba isn’t doing much to his voice and the same can be said for the others as well, but Elba’s serious British draw helps garnish a few laughs alone.   

 

If there’s a saving factor to begin with it’s that director Genndy Tartakovsky, best known for creating Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack, along with the Hotel Transylvania trilogy (not the fourth) delivers absolutely stunning albeit shocking animation in Fixed. The quality in style alone is absolutely peak animation and replicates a handdrawn styling that is just a delight, until a dog’s butthole is shown on screen repeatedly (calling all the people that wanted the Cats “Butthole” cut). 

 

If you enjoy crude comedies… I still don’t think this is for you. This is a comedy that is going to struggle to find an audience and that’s just because this sort of humor is way too niche for the general public. Even the best joke in the film involving a cats vs dogs scenario goes from a genuine laugh to exhaustion for how long it takes to conclude that very same joke. It’s the same joke over and over again, dogs having sex “human style”, dogs eating poop off the ground, dogs going to strip clubs that are second prostitution rings (?), and dogs humping literally everything in sight. Sometimes reality just isn’t funny. Even diehards of Genndy Tartakovsky are going to struggle to hang on for long.