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I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
"Kentervilskoe prividenie" or "The Canterville Ghost" is a Soviet 20-minute short film by the Brumberg sisters and here they show us their take on the pretty famous Oscar Wilde story. It is from 1972, so has its 45th anniversary next year. It is certainly a very family friendly version, however. There are no scary moments in here, the horror component is entirely absent and instead the focus is on comedy and telling a story that also children can watch. I must say i liked the ending somehow, but everything in-between, especially everything about the family who moved in, was fairly forgettable, sometimes pretty weak even. Another example of how harmless this movie is is how we don't see the ghost sever his head, but put it back on and we only see him very briefly headless. As a whole, I cannot say I am too familiar with the original story, but this one here also does not get me curious about it, even if the animation is mostly okay for the early 1970s. The bad outweighs the good and I give it a thumbs-down.
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