The most colourful movie ever!

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2015)

What a delightful family movie! We chose this not quite knowing what to expect and my goodness we were in for a treat.
The story itself is pretty straightforward - a stone age family loses their home and has to search for a new one, and in the process learn about the really important things in life. Nothing too surprising there then.
But it's the way this story is told that makes it fantastic. This is an incredibly fun and spectacularly colourful movie.
The animation is done with blistering speed and real panache. There is a scene near the start showing the family out foraging for an egg - a simple enough idea but the resulting stand-off and chase with other hunting animals is a thrilling tour-de- force of animation.
And my goodness, the colours! Every landscape and virtually every creature is lush with all the colours of the rainbow and (so it feels) more.
This truly fits the definition of a 'magical' family movie. We were entranced.