I was encouraged to watch this animated film when it was named one of the nominees of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for this year. I have been rewarded before by discovering small obscure gems like "Secret of Kells." This is one is another charming treat.
Ernest is a bear. Celestine is a mouse. There live in two parallel worlds never meant to meet, where each is a nightmare to the other. However, when needs overtake reason, Celestine crosses over to the world above, meets Ernest and later conscripts him to help her with a big favor. Their caper entangles them with the law from both the world above and the world below, making them fugitives twice over.
The pastel watercolor and pencil sketch artwork is definitely very charming and delightful. It is always refreshing to see other forms of animation aside from the mainstream noisy, high-energy Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks fare.
The only thing I did not really like about this supposedly children's film was that there is an angle that involves a criminal act. Crime should not pay, even if the perpetrators are cute. The message might confuse young children.
Ernest is a bear. Celestine is a mouse. There live in two parallel worlds never meant to meet, where each is a nightmare to the other. However, when needs overtake reason, Celestine crosses over to the world above, meets Ernest and later conscripts him to help her with a big favor. Their caper entangles them with the law from both the world above and the world below, making them fugitives twice over.
The pastel watercolor and pencil sketch artwork is definitely very charming and delightful. It is always refreshing to see other forms of animation aside from the mainstream noisy, high-energy Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks fare.
The only thing I did not really like about this supposedly children's film was that there is an angle that involves a criminal act. Crime should not pay, even if the perpetrators are cute. The message might confuse young children.