S uper mediocre is more like it. Or super underwhelming. This family animation about a baby with superhero powers is adapted from a children’s book series by the bestselling Swedish crime novelist Camilla Läckberg, but with almost no feel for its target audience. It’s pitched at very young kids (if you ignore the dodgy gag about a new mum breastfeeding her baby’s father). But Super Charlie is seriously lacking a sense of fun or a silly streak to tickle little funny bones – it’s as if the film-makers have never met anyone under five.

Willie (voiced by Alex Kelly in the English-language version) is a 10-year-old in a deep pit of disgruntlement following the birth of his baby brother, Charlie. “How long will he be this useless?!” His exhausted parents are too busy for him so when Willie dis

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