a breakthrough for cartoons.

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2012)

This film has got to be one of the best animated feature-length films ever. It's amazing to me how Wes Anderson got the animators to draw characters that, though clearly 2-dimensional, were almost lifelike. And what a cast for the voices: Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand.
Most of the animators' attention seemed to go into making sure the bodies simulated human motion, so, unfortunately, at times the faces remained frozen; but I can forgive that small flaw.
I was reassured to find myself in familiar Disney-cartoon territory with Tilda Swinton as the evil stepmother/Cruella de Vil archetype.
A breakthrough for cartoons!