I went to see Flushed Away on Sunday evening and I have to say it's the best animated film I have seen all year.
Finally a movie with a solid storyline, good acting and writing.
And funny jokes for everyone; parents and kiddies alike.
Not mindless pop-culture references and dance routines that add nothing to the story.
Animation was top-notch as was the rest of the art production. Lighting, textures, FX, rigging, character and set design...it was all there.
The only thing that was mildly distracting was the facial expressions and lip sync which was animated in a very "stop motion" sort of way. I believe this was done to keep the Aardman feel that the studio has with it's other stop mo films. I'm not sure it translated 100% convincingly in this computer rendered film though.
But all in all, it's most definitely worth going to and it's enjoyable for families or adults only. My wife and I were laughing consistantly through the entire show.
Congrats to the folks at Dreamworks and Aardman for creting a great animated film.
Now, the next film on my list is Borat. Can you believe it's playing on only one screen in the whole province?
Crazy!
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