Jack-Jack Attack (2005 Video)
9/10
Jack-Jack Attack Review
23 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
A comedy based short, Brad Bird uses amazing animation techniques to show expression an emotion through the characters, so you can genuinely feel pity for Kari and her stressful job as a babysitter. Bret Parker, who voiced young Kari, did an incredible job with the expression in her voice, to show distress and discomfort, along with playfulness and joy. The same goes for Bud Luckey, who voices Detective Rick Dicker, used technique in his voice to show authority, yet little emotion. Still, even with little to no emotion in his voice, Bud Luckey did an extreme job voicing Detective Rick Dicker.

I enjoy the way that this film exert shows how any ordinary human being handles the extreme responsibility of taking care of someone who, unwillingly and unknowingly, has complete control over you. This is seen in the short in the way that during the beginning of the exert, Kari being completely ignorant and oblivious to the fact that Jack-Jack has supernatural powers. As the short progresses, Kari gradually begins to be aware of Jack-Jack extraordinary abilities, and her way of dealing with it is incredibly interesting.

Brad Bird showed us how an average person deals with being in a situation where they have to be incredibly careful of their actions, in this case, being that Jack-Jack is only a toddler and Kari's job as a baby-sitter means she holds the incredible responsibility of taking only the most extreme care of him. It also shows that even in situations like these, there are still scenarios where one, or all of the people involved can be put in incredible danger, but the scenarios still must be treated with the utmost safety and concern.

Altogether, I thoroughly enjoyed the four minute Pixar short, and thought it was amusing to watch, as well as interesting enough to keep the viewer pleased and entertained throughout.
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