Knick Knack

November. 25,1992      G
Rating:
7.4
Rent / Buy
Rent / Buy
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Life on a shelf as a snowman trapped in a snow-globe blizzard can become wearing, especially when you're surrounded by knickknacks from sunnier locales. When the jaded snowman finally breaks free of his glass house, his vacation plans are cut short.

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Reviews

Solemplex
1992/11/25

To me, this movie is perfection.

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AniInterview
1992/11/26

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Moustroll
1992/11/27

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Jonah Abbott
1992/11/28

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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kasumiwater
1992/11/29

This short movie starts with an annotation: "In 1989, six years before TOY STORY, Pixar Animation Studios made this short film." Indeed, setting is a kid's room and characters are toys supposedly owned by a child. The protagonist, a snowman living in a snow globe dreams of the world outside of the dome. Right next to the dome is a tropic from which a pretty girl doll waves to him, enjoying vacation with other toys. He tries hard to get out of the glass in order to reach her, but he fails every time. Finally, after several attempts, he succeeds in "prison breaking." He looks happy to be free and to meet another pretty girl, but the snow globe lets him down once again. As you can see, the main character is a cute snowman who is always full-tilt, nonetheless whose efforts are never rewarded. Which sounds a little negative. However, because of his unyielding spirit, I could not help but cheer for him in my mind while I was watching the film. Anyone who sees this film would feel the same way.

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okk07
1992/11/30

I think this film is very cute! I like the picture of this film. The back music is also cute and makes us happy. Next, in this film, there are no dialogue, so we can understand the story line of this film easily. Next, I thought snowman is poor although his deed is cute. However, I enjoyed the point that he can't do well. He try to go out again and again, but he can't. I like this point. Also, I thought the way to go out is interesting. He uses various ways to go out. However, He can't go out well. I like this film because this film is so cute and fun. I thought that this film is suited for children because there are no dialogue and short film and this film is cute.

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supamu
1992/12/01

I think I can glimpse the cultural differences between America and Japan. In this movie, the snowman tried to be close to a woman at first. However he tried to be closer to a mermaid after falling from the shelf. I think Japanese tend to be shy to the people who they meet for the first time. In contrast to this, the American tend to be friendly to the people who they meet for the first time. This movie express their character. This movie includes the lesson that getting greedy is bad. Japanese movies like Momotarou have such lessons and children read a lot when they grow up. But I think that this movie is based on the relationship between opposite sex in spite of being child-oriented. That influences the American characters. I think these are the cultural differences I noticed.

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Sherlock Watson
1992/12/02

This story is produced by Pixar in 1989. It's an animated movie. The characters in this movie are all toys. There is a snowman in a dome. He is a snow globe. He tried to get out his dome, because he wants to get close to a doll which looks like a sexy girl on the beach. But he does many ways to break out his dome, he couldn't. I would like you to see what happened next so that I don't write about it this time, but I can promise you it's beyond your imagination. I liked background music as well. You might think this kind of movie is only for children, but it's actually for everybody. This movie is so unique that people will be surprised. As I mentioned, all are toys. Yet, we can easily imagine what they might think and feel. This is outstanding. Even though they don't talk, we can see what is going on. The movie makes people feel happier, smile, and surprised. This is what an animated movie is. I couldn't believe it was made in 1989 when I have heard for the first time. Pixar is the most amazing movie company ahead of its time.

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