I generally stay away from the “New Releases” section of the video rental sites, being firmly of the opinion that the “new” stuff is vastly inferior to the films from back in the day.
But sometimes I am very wrong.
As I was happy to discover when my family settled down to watch this Oscar nominated animated feature, about an unlikely friendship between a bear and a young mouse. Ernest and Celestine (from the people who brought us The Triplets of Belleville and The Secrets of Kells) has action, suspense, complicated and deep fear and resentment between different cultures (sound familiar?), humor, love and beautiful animation that harkens back to the good old days when people drew. With pens.
With a cast that includes Forrest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, William H. Macy, Paul Giamatti and Jeffery Wright, the movie is as beautifully acted as it is drawn.
This film is one for the library, for sure.
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