The King and the Mockingbird

  • 1980


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100 % Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 16
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 4.0/5

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4.5
The film is suffused with a subversive attitude toward the rich and clueless, epitomized by a king at war with a talking bird. EW
4.5
yrical, satirical and hugely entertaining, it deserves a wider audience. Hopefully, with this welcome re release, it will find one. Time Out
4.4
If the film were to propose a mandate for animation, it would be what the mediums etymology has longed suggested: to make the inanimate full of life.
4.5
What he doesnt know is that when hes asleep, the shepherdess and the chimney sweep in the adjacent canvas (Renaud Marx) have been carrying on a sweet .. Rogerebert
1.5
Grimault initiated the project in 48, but his charming fable quickly fell afoul of troubles even kings and robots cant stand up to: rights issues. Village Voice
1.5
Theres a delicacy and lyricism, a handcrafted quality here not found in contemporary, CGI animated features. Independent
4.5
The surreal images, offbeat jokes and pointed human rights allegory make this an altogether different experience from most American animation. New York Post
4.5
By turns lyrical and biting, winsome and cynical, the movie borrows freely from other artists while forging its own idiosyncratic path. Film Journal International ..
4.5
A catalog of the movies pleasures barely does justice to this lost and found delight. The New York Times
4.5
Paul Grimaults influential cartoon contains some of the most beautiful animation ever, melding the dreamy weirdness of a Giorgio de Chirico painting w .. Standard
4.5
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Mockingbird is how fresh and even contemporary it feels despite its considerable age. Los Angeles Times
4.5
Seen today, The King And The Mockingbird doesnt have the tight pacing or propulsive narrative of modern animated stories, or the consistency of a film .. The Dissolve
1.5
As youre watching it, the movement from living paintings to a dismal under city where nobody has ever seen daylight, to a pit of dancing tigers and li .. Alternate Ending
4.5
They find themselves clambering across towers and rooftops, and the chimney sweep sidles along a thin ledge to rescue a caged bird from falling. New States Man
4.5
Decades after it was completed for the final time, it still feels oddly contemporary, while evoking the joys of old school animation. Theepoch Times
4.5
Still, one cant help but think theres something poignant about this unreal, chaotic story. Vulture
4.5
A film which no less than Hayao Miyazaki considers one of the vertigo inducing pinnacles of the animated form. Little White Lies
4.5
Characters range from elfin beauties to leering caricatures, all moving at a glacial and mesmerising pace. Hey U Guys
4.5
A great satire against monarchic pretensions by artists reared in the 1930s agitprop tradition. Louis Proyect



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