Head Without the Heart

Rating: 7/10 (13 September 2019)

There's something fundamentally awe-inspiring in the level of digital detail on display here, from photo-real animals acting out a story we've all grown up with to lovingly intricate recreations of iconic shots from the animated classic, it's a landmark of computer generated effects as much as its predecessor was to hand drawn animation. However for all its artistry, the digital character models almost utterly fail to capture the raw emotion of their '94 counterparts, leaving a lot dependant on the delivery of dialogue which is oftentimes flat and lifeless; while odd choices on some of the film's best songs do more to hinder the flow of the narrative than complement it.