Review of Kirikou and the Sorceress

Kirikou et la Sorcière Kirikou is a young boy who was just born at the beginning of the movie. One of his better characteristics that he has is bravery. He comes out as this little boy, and all of the children in the village always make fun of him and just tell him that he is too young and small. What they do not know is that he is a hero to their village. The entire village is scared of the sorcerer. She has power, an army and the fear of everyone. The entire village feels like she is the one who took their water from them. The sorcerer takes their gold and their men, from what they think. Kirikou wants to help the last male fighter from the village to fight this sorcerer. Kirikou learns of his grandfather. His grandfather has power and knowledge. Kirikou is the only one who is small enough to sneak past the sorcerer underground. He finds out that she only has evil in her because she has a thorn in her back that is causing her great pain. Kirikou, being brave decides he will be the one to pull out the thorn. The thorn being nailed in her back was a metaphor for her being raped. After he removes the thorn she becomes nice again. She has been given freedom from kirikou. She gives him whatever he wants after this. Kirikou receives a kiss from her, and he becomes a big strong man and him and the sorcerer fall in love. This was a movie that I really enjoyed. It was really funny. The movie kind of impressed me because, the music was very interesting. It used many different colors for good and evil. After reading "The Rabbi's Cat" , I was able to notice the color difference. I liked how they made a small boy become a hero in the movie. The entire time this movie really kept my attention. It had a very good story to it also. In a way I can relate to kirikou. When I was really young, I was always the smallest one in my group of friends that I hung out with. A lot of the time I was shut out from sports, games and other activities because I was always so small. But I ended up proving myself to everyone that I might be small, but I am also pretty good at things, just like everyone else was. Being the smaller one, you always feel like you have to prove yourself, and that makes you do things better and also brings out a brave side just like in Kirikous case.