VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever

This latest title in the long-running Christian children's animated series adopts a disco-ish theme for a story inspired by Ephesians 4:32, a biblical verse concerning forgiveness. The corny, pun-filled Celery Night Fever—featuring vegetables as characters—centers on young Laura Carrot, who wants to stop a real estate tycoon (smoothly voiced by comic actor Terry Crews) from redeveloping the local Celery Park into “something classy…like a strip mall or a motel.” Laura comes up with a wild idea for a fundraising effort to save the park: namely, asking her grandfather to get his band the Groovy Brothers back together for a money-making reunion. Flashbacks explain how the group fell apart, while the storyline eventually pulls all of the major players together for the concert finale—which someone attempts to sabotage. Boasting catchy tunes and solid humor, this addition to the popular series is recommended. Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)