Migration (2023) on Netflix
PG20231h 22mActionAdventureAnimation
Anxious Mack Mallard keeps his family at Moosehead Pond in New England and discourages Dax and Gwen from ranging further, to Pam's dismay. A flock bound for Jamaica lands on the water.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.6/1048,552 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
Word of Jamaica reaches Moosehead Pond when a flock of ducks stops there on its way south, and Pam Mallard tells her husband Mack that he should open his eyes to the world before the chance passes. Mack refuses to migrate. He has kept Dax and Gwen close to the pond and told them not to roam past it. That night his uncle Dan persuades him otherwise, and Dan comes along as the family leaves New England. The Mallards set off and soon realize they are flying the wrong way. A thunderstorm sends them for shelter under a boardwalk in a swamp, where Erin, an elderly great blue heron, invites them to spend the night in her shack.
Cast
- Caspar Jenningsas Dax Mallard (voice)
- Tresi Gazalas Gwen Mallard (voice)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Migration (2023)
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- Screenwriter Kenneth Giavara sued Illumination in June 2026 for copyright infringement, citing similarities between Migration and his script titled South for the Winter.
- Migration's opening scene is not traditional animation but computer animation that looks traditional: director Benjamin Renner first animated it by hand and the team then recreated it in computer animation, staying close to his reference.
- Designing the ducks was so difficult that a team of 50 animators at Illumination studied a real duck; Stimpson said ducks are strange, complex-looking creatures that all look alike.
- The visuals in the scene with the heron couple were inspired by the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
