Refreshing Return to Stop-Motion for a Diverting Treatment

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2014)

Another At Odds with Current Trends Movie, Director Wes Anderson goes Animated Without CGI (except in one scene) and Goes Retro with Stop Motion Animation. Tim Burton, another Quirk of a Director, also Bucked the Mainstream on Occasion with this Type. But it is Expensive, Time Consuming, and Considered Antiquated and not Modern Viewer Friendly.
The Result is a Film that Looks like No Other of its Recent Brethren. There isn't an Iota of Pixarness to be Seen. It is Truly a Stand Alone Animated Effort that is Written Up to Kids and Funny Friendly for Adults.
There is an Atmosphere of Wild Animals in Nature's Habitat, but Speaking and Thinking on a Collegiate Level and Wearing Suits and Ties. It all has a Disconcerting Effect and Lends a Through the Looking Glass Quality.
It has Typical Wes Anderson Colorful Touches with a Muted Palette that Manages to Encompass a Primitive Style that Many an Amateur Painters use doing Landscapes and Nature Scenes, so the Art is Subdued to an Earthly Realm. Naturalism.
The Movie is Amusing and even Very Funny at Times and the Energy of the Wild is Unleashed for Viewer Edification. A Remarkable, Different Slant on the Usual Kiddie Fare.
Note...Very young Children may find some of the Characters a might disturbing and Parents should be cautious with Pre-Schoolers. But then again, with most now being exposed to the Internet and TV Programming, even the very young will most likely find these Wild Animals in Human Garb, not that Scary.