![]() last December, a recent Sundance premiere slot lends “Maurice” an additional gloss of credibility before it reaches audiences Stateside this week. With the film having already opened simultaneously in theaters and on streaming in the U.K. If the innocuous, sunny-bright animation style of director Toby Genkel’s film isn’t quite up to the sophistication of the storytelling, it should carry very young viewers through the more arch passages here - those that ensure accompanying parents won’t be bored either. Maybe the 9\10 rating is a bit too much, given that this is something to reserve only for historical pictures, but this is a small, European production.Pratchett’s sensibility fuses comfortably with that of veteran screenwriter Terry Rossio - the man behind “Shrek,” among other blockbusters - in a film that tilts slightly younger and lighter than the former’s novel “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,” which was itself a juvenile diversion within the author’s dense, baroquely comic Discworld fantasy universe. Funny, with careful moral of the story woven in, just enough for the kids to figure out, but without being preachy or propagandistic. Finally, and this is important - this film is clean. I can't say that there's any remarkable music, given the budget, but it's enough to serve the purpose. Whether it's the script, the audio engineer or the relatively stellar cast - it's a pleasure to hear virtually any character in this film. On top of that - I have to give props to the voice cast. ![]() Meanwhile this little gem is just filled with emotion in every scene. But that's what the big productions lack nowadays - soul. In terms of cost - this is obviously no big production(though the animation is spectacularly clean). It might not look great on the big screen, where you are supposed to see clear blobs of image, while counting every rendered piece of air, and with no pause or rewind. ![]() I can't quite remember the last time I saw anything like it. Tons of carefully crafted mimicry and gestures, faces, expressions, poses. ![]() It feels that this is what Disney has forgotten how to be. I was positively shocked from watching this. ![]()
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