But if your house has teetering piles of Pilkey's bestselling graphic novels -- which include various installments of both "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants," and which are pitched squarely at scatologically-inclined elementary-schoolers -- rest easy: Peter Hastings' big-screen adaptation does full,

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Hastings and team maintain the childlike illustration style of the books, with crayon lines and shading on the somewhat simply designed characters, and the colloquial, slangy writing (the law enforcement officers are “supa cops”; various important buildings are “ova there”).

Creator Dav Pilkey's quirky, kinetic world has nicely made the visual leap to the big screen, but something is missing. The Hollywoodization — like a ray blasted from a typical Pilkey lumbering robot — has leveled-out the idiosyncrasy and overstuffed the narrative. Newcomers may be stunned — and not in a good way.

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