Blurring the line between the real and the imaginary, this film allows us to ask, “what if?” It allows us to wonder and feel and hope, whether we are childish adults or adult-ish children. It reminds us that our imaginations should be just as much of our present as they were our childhood - and that, with imagination, there is the ability to endure.
Cinematically-satisfying, this film plays with imagery and symbolism in the ways I enjoy: light and dark, carnival colors and monotone shades, joy and sadness.
A better film on its second viewing.
