Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This is one of the tightest, most efficient scripts I’ve seen for some time. There are no wasted moments, and every scene is serving multiple purposes, which lets the story unfold in the only way it should. This tapestry of story is interwoven with characters who are both relatable in their pain and admirable in their courage. Using a classic story that most of us have read at some point and, whether or not we’ve given it much thought since,…
A wonderful, heartfelt film. Sometimes these sorts of animated films seem formulaic to pull on your heartstrings, and while this does pull from that playbook, the strong voice over performances and soft, storybookesque animation style provide the evocative flourishes needed to take it up a level. It’s like the writers were huge fans of Becky Chambers books. The only thing I was left longing for was for Roz (the lead robot character) to not be gendered unnecessarily.