The Family Guy Movie (2014)

'The Family Guy Movie' is a 2014 animated comedy adventure film based on the series 'Family Guy'. The film was directed by Seth Macfarlane.

Plot

After the Griffins are blamed for a crime they didn't commit, they get sent to prison. The Griffins escape from prison and must figure out who did the crime.

Production

In 2005, a film named 'Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story' was released, Macfarlane has expressed interest to make a Family Guy movie on a larger scale.

In 2007, Seth Macfarlane stated that he would attempt to make it more edgier, gorier and raunchier than the series ever was.

On September 2009, Seth stated that he would write and direct the feature, with James Gunn producing it.

On December 2009, Seth has revealed the release date for the film to be Summer 2012.

In 2010, Seth stated that the voice actors of the show will return to voice their characters, he also casted Nick Offerman to play 'the main atagonist' in the film.

On October 12th 2011, the film's release date had been pushed to 2013.

The film went thru many re-writes, and suffered in development hell.

On July 6th 2012 the film was even pronounced 'shut down' however, the film got back in development 4 months later.

On May 24th 2013, a teaser poster for the film was revealed.

Release

Across 2013 and 2014, lots of sneak peaks, teasers, posters and trailers were released, the film was released on July 2nd 2014.

Reception

The film received positive to mixed reviews.

It had gotten a 7/10 on IMDb, a 44% on Metacritic and a weak 53% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, however, it also got a 73% audience score.

Controversy

The film was way edgier than the series, the Cutaway Gags in the film were gory and had very dark comedy, however, while the Cutaway Gags were generally liked by audiences, other people hated them and a few were even offended by them.