Fixed
By Tobias Zajac
August 20th 2025
It’s no secret that 2D animation is becoming a dying medium here in the west. While the industry has now evolved to stylish 3D films, with KPop Demon Hunters being a prime example that was just released two months ago, the yearning for 2D films remains in the hearts of many. However, this may have been a monkey’s paw type conundrum and Netflix’s newest film Fixed is the result
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Hotel Transylvania), the story follows the mutt Bull (Adam DeVine) as he finds out that his owners will be neutering him. We are then taken on an adventure featuring doggy whorehouses, intersex dobermans, and a bellagio of dog urine. To say that this film is raunchy would be an understatement. In the first ten seconds of this film we get our first of uncountable shots of a dog's anus. Yet despite seeing things I thought I never would have, the story is a bit predictable, as an awkward Bull must have one last crazy night while also trying to woo over the prim show dog Honey (Kathryn Hahn) before his testicles are inevitably snipped.
You would think that a film with such crude and derivative content would be unwatchable. But what saves this film is the animation. Tartakovsky is a legend in the world of animation and his talents are on full display here. The designs of the characters are actually quite pleasant and well thought out. Besides the weiner dog Fetch (Fred Armisen), you can tell who each character is supposed to be just by glancing at them. The expressions the characters make are a chief highlight. They are detailed and wacky, an effect that would be difficult to achieve within 3D animation. When the film isn’t showing the viewer bodily fluids, it’s actually quite pleasant to look at.
The pacing is another issue I have. With it only clocking in at 86 minutes, this film should feel like a small, quick bite of laughs. Yet scenes tend to stay far longer than they should, causing the film to drag. I believe that this film could have greatly benefited from being a short. At maybe sixty minutes, the scenes could have felt tighter and the comedy could have been sharpened to get a more enjoyable experience.
One comparison I keep seeing is that this film is just Fritz the Cat, a sentiment I heavily disagree on. While Fritz the Cat is raunchy and has plenty of sex, drugs, and violence, I believe it does contain a bit more substance than Fixed. Fritz was a satire of the countercultural movement of the 1960s and mocks young performative activists at the time. Fixed is a sex comedy about a dog being neutered. I have also seen comparisons to Sausage Party which doesn’t feel right either. While both try to shock the audience with their absurd subject matter, Fixed is nice on the eyes and also does occasionally have a cute joke or two. The best thing I can compare it to would have to be Ren & Stimpy and other off-colored cartoons from the 1990s. Tartakovsky, who worked in animation in the 90s, would have been exposed to such trends at the time and this feels like a love letter for that era of animation.
Is this film a ball? Absolutely not. Is it dog shit? Also not exactly. It’s frustrating that this film will leave a sour taste in many people’s mouths and dampen interest in both 2D and adult animation. However, despite how perverse and unfunny it is, I’m kind of glad something like it got released.
4/10