Product: Animal Farm
Rating: 4.0
Teaches the same lessons that the novel does
I have seen better novel-to-movie adaptations, but I have also seen worse. In any case, even though the animated version of "Animal Farm" is not perfect, I think it's way better than the 1999 live action movie version. Please don't watch the 1999 version, especially with children!This animated feature is appropriate for younger viewers, while being fairly entertaining and educational for all ages. It is a pretty good reflection of the novel, since the barn animals in the movie do basically the same thing they do in the books. Just like the novel, it makes one realize the consequences of an allegedly "equal" society: there is still a distinction based on class, even if it's implicit; people in positions of power are still able to exploit the proletariat; and basically, there is no such thing as everyone being truly equal. The pigs even claim that "all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". It's amazing how much both the movie and the novel can teach us about human societies through an analogy about barn animals.Since it's a cartoon from the 1950s, it might a little outdated and not as interesting as recent movies, but that's pretty much the only complaint I have against this feature.