But then Ruby’s rebellious pals decide to attend the party “ironically”, so Ruby sets her sights on her dream guy. Oh, but she botches the “prom-posal” and knocks Connor into the “drink”. Ruby saves ...

But 15-year-old Ruby (voiced with real tenderness by Lana Condor) is on a collision course with her mom (Toni Collette) when the subject of prom is debated.

If you’re going to make a movie about a kraken — those giant multi-tentacled sea monsters believed to wrestle ships from below — then computer animation is hands down the way to go. The ...

Prom soon becomes the least of Ruby’s problems when she connects with her heritage and learns she’s a royal kraken, one of the last of her kind.

Ruby Gillman, voiced by Lana Condor, works up the courage to ask Connor, voiced by Jaboukie Young-White, to prom in a scene from "Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken." (Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation) ...

“Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” has a talented voice cast. But unlike, say, “The Little Mermaid,” which is loosely based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this kraken gobbledygook ...

You’ve encountered Ruby Gillman, the protagonist of DreamWorks’ latest venture, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, before: She’s a nerdy teen (math is her favorite subject), who survives the ...

Quirky teen Ruby Gillman (voiced by Lana Condor) loves math. She and her friends are highly anticipating prom at her high school, but her overprotective mom forbids her to go on the boat where ...

“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” - ★ ★ ½. We landlubbers have gotten it all wrong: Kraken aren't terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on our sailors.

The movie centers on Ruby Gillman, a young kraken hiding in plain sight in the human town of Oceanside. She’s blue, likes math, has a retainer and four long fingers that look like hot dogs.