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Sorrowful and poignant, but above all uplifting, this is a love letter to family of all shapes and sizes, and a reminder of the simple power found in human (and
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Over-the-top, cartoonish and entirely self-aware, this is Classic B movie fare 50 years in the making. A passion project of director, animator, and stop motion effects master David W. Allen,
... one of the most captivating animated films of the year, but beyond that, it is also the most generally enchanting piece of cinema.
There was no going through the motions on the auteur's latest, a stop motion adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale.
There have been many versions of Collodi’s tale, but none have the thematic richness of del Toro’s work.
This looks truly magical, harking back to the classic Disney version, and will no doubt give Robert Zemeckis' live action/animation adaptation of the same story some stiff competition before this