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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (commonly shortened to Foster's 3D or Foster's Home 3D by fans) is a 2012 American animated/live-action film based on the American animated series of the same name produced by Cartoon Network Films and Richard Horwitz Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Most of the cast from the series return in this film, except Sean Marquette who had voiced Mac, deeming his voice was much too deep for an 8-year-old boy like Mac, and was replaced by Milo Manheim.
After an alien invasion, Bloo receives a portal to the real world and "accidentally" takes the main crew to New York City with it. They must find a way back to Foster's before it's too late.
The film was released on April 20, 2012, received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and fans, who praised it for its characters, setting, and its tone, but criticized for its use of pop songs and bland third act. It grossed over $218 million worldwide against its $56 million, deeming it a box office success. Its success spawned a sequel, which was released over 9 years later in 2021.
Plot[]
The movie begins at Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, where Mac is visiting the house like normal. Mac, Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo, Coco, and Cheese are all playing a game in the front yard of the house, when Mr. Herriman calls everyone out to dinner. While they eat, Bloo brings up the topic of aliens, and that there's an upcoming alien invasion.
Suddenly, everyone is talking about aliens at the dining table. It got to the point where Mr. Herriman shushed everyone, as he didn't believe in the paranormal. While watching TV, Mac says to Bloo that it's time for him to go back home and finish his homework, and that he'll probably miss the alien invasion.
Mac manages to finish his homework by his bedtime, with 2 minutes to spare. Mac's bully brother Terrence, who knew about the alien invasion and bullied Mac about the alien invasion. Mac goes to bed, having a nightmare about him and Bloo going to see the alien invasion, but Terrence was blocking the way. Terrence shreds Bloo, while he throws Mac off a cliff, waking him up.
Mac decides to be smart and go back to bed instead of going to his mom's room. Meanwhile, back at Foster's, Bloo stays up to see the alien invasion. The aliens park their UFO right in front of Foster's, then it shows that the aliens were waiting for Bloo, so he comes on the UFO with the aliens. The aliens and Bloo manage to get along well, despite them speaking different languages. After the aliens' talk, it has become 5:00 AM, and Bloo must get back to Foster's before Frankie and Herriman wake up.
The aliens give Bloo an alien portal that takes them to a random location in the world when they drop him off at Foster's. He manages to hide it in the attic and rush back to bed like nothing happened just in time. For a while, Frankie, Madame, and Mr. Herriman don't notice the portal at all, due to it being hidden in the attic. A few hours later, Mac wakes up and realizes that it's the weekend, and puts his homework in his backpack. Now he's on his way back to Foster's.
When Mac and Bloo were playing video games on the TV, Bloo tells Mac that not only did he see aliens, he also made friends with them. Then Bloo shows Mac the portal, and he was impressed with it. By the end of the day, Bloo was successful to not have Frankie or Mr. Herriman notice the portal in the attic. However, a day later, Mr. Herriman calls Frankie and Bloo to his office with the portal in Herriman's hands. He said that Frankie should remove the portal and ground whoever put it to begin with; Bloo being the suspect.
After they find out it was Bloo who got the portal, Mr. Herriman forces Frankie to throw away the portal, as he calls it a "adventure in the paranormal" and grounds Bloo with no pizza, no TV, and no paddleball for 6 weeks. However, when Frankie tries to put the portal in the garbage, the portal flies back to her, and the aliens are able to communicate with Frankie this way. The aliens and Frankie have a very heartfelt conversation with an English alien and decides to keep the portal out in the front yard.
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Voice cast[]
- Milo Manheim as Mac
- Keith Ferguson as Blooregard Q. Kazoo
- Phil LaMarr as Wilt
- Tom Kenny as Eduardo
- Candi Milo as Coco and Madame Foster
- Grey DeLisle as Frankie Foster
- Tom Kane as Mr. Herriman
- Tara Strong as Terrence
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Development[]
A theatrical film for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was rumored as early as when the series first started in 2004.
Release[]
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends was released in the United States and Canada on April 20, 2012 in 2D, Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D, where it received a PG rating for mild violence and toilet humor by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). In the United Kingdom, it was released on May 4, 2012, where it received a U rating by the British Board Film Certification (BBFC). In Australia, it was released on April 27, 2012 and received a G rating.
Marketing[]
Burger King released 8 toys based on the film in their kid's meals from mid April to early May 2012. The marketing budget was reported to be around $50-60 million.
Trailers[]
- The first teaser trailer was uploaded to YouTube and released on April 13, 2011 and was shown before Venus, Rio, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Kung Fu Panda 2.
- The second teaser trailer was released on June 10, 2011, and was shown before The Sims 3, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Cars 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Zookeeper, Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, The Smurfs, and Puss in Boots.
- The theatrical trailer was released on November 4, 2011, and was shown before The Nutcracker, The Muppets, The Adventures of Tintin, The Lorax, and The Hunger Games.
- Various logo parodies of famous logos with characters such as Blooregard Q. Kazoo were also uploaded onto YouTube on November 4, 2011.
- TV spots aired from April 3, 2012 to May 3, 2012.
Video game[]
Main article: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Operation: New York
A video game entitled Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Operation: New York was released for the Nintendo DS and Wii on April 11, 2012. Ports for iOS (as an iPad-exclusive game), Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation 3 followed in June 2012. The game was updated on iOS, including optimizations for both iOS 6 and 7, as well as support for iPhone and iPod touch. As of June 2016, the game requires iOS 5 or later. The game was removed on the iOS App Store in August 2017 following the release of iOS 11 and the removal of 32-bit app support.
Home media[]
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends was released onto DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Home Media on September 4, 2012. A Blu-ray 3D release followed on October 16, 2012. It was then re-released on Blu-ray on September 20, 2016. The film was released onto 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray on March 14, 2017. It was re-released again on Blu-ray on February 19, 2019.
It was available on HBO Max, until it got removed on there and added onto the Tyson TV streaming app on May 21, 2023 along with the rest of the series.
Television premieres[]
Main article: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (film)/Television broadcast timeline
Reception[]
Critical reception[]
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends received generally mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes reports 66% of 140 film critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.94/10. Its critic consensus reads, "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends should entertain the whole family, even with the overabundance of current pop songs sparkled in." Another site Metacritic reports a weighted average of 58 based off of 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Box office[]
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends grossed $25.9 million in its first weekend, ranking No. 2 behind Think Like a Man. The movie grossed $91.1 million in the United States and $127.5 million in foreign markets, for a worldwide total of $218.6 million
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