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The acting was great. Everybody knows this by now. What really got me was the direction here. The camera is always in an interesting position with the characters taking up only a bit of the screen space and a majority of the film shot with really wide lenses (there's a shot from above where I'm sure we see like 100 degrees or something). I'm not sure right now what this all means but I think it's something about the uncomfortable-ness that [character] feels for most of his life (the super wide shots mostly disappear during the big finale and [character] is framed front and center taking up most of the frame). It's really cool. It also looks gorgeous.
[Film} is simply one of the most emotionally healthy films about bereavement I have ever seen. And, even more than classics like Bambi, The Lion King, and [another film], the film is intently focused on the hardship and the unexpected beauty that comes from grieving for another person. Grieving were huge parts of those other films, but they are the focus of [film] and I find it invaluable and refreshing to have a film that takes on that issue. For children and for everyone else too. The film does not peddle in easy answers and it does not presume to know what lies beyond death.
Shoot, it's been too long. Even I don't know the answer anymore I think maybe it was a Junior review.I don't think it's Tree of Life or Serious Man.edit: time for a new one I guess if anyone would like to go
Okay, let's try this:Quote[Film} is simply one of the most emotionally healthy films about bereavement I have ever seen. And, even more than classics like Bambi, The Lion King, and [another film], the film is intently focused on the hardship and the unexpected beauty that comes from grieving for another person. Grieving were huge parts of those other films, but they are the focus of [film] and I find it invaluable and refreshing to have a film that takes on that issue. For children and for everyone else too. The film does not peddle in easy answers and it does not presume to know what lies beyond death.
[Movie] is a children’s film that knows we never stop being children. This is especially true when we are at the feet of a great storyteller. It doesn’t matter how old you are. If you are there listening to the tale, you must turn off the chatter in your head in your soul, inch closer to the fire, and pay very close attention.