A beautiful work of animation and composition. Such a serene journey through a winter landscape. From a purely sensory perspective, this animated short is such a delicious treat, much like the cake of the Mole's dreams. The voice actors, each famous in their own right do wonderful jobs as well. In particular, the Mole and the Boy are so well voiced.
The main weakness this project has is that, beyond the superficial, the actual story only goes where others have gone before and neither inspires anything profound nor particularly touching. The half hour runtime is padded with non sequitur discussion, shallow platitudes, weak character development (which, admittedly, may be an unfair parameter to assign to a short like this), and a meandering journey. There are interesting moments. "Being Honest is Always Interesting" actually is a pretty nice sentiment. Something I can't quite classify as cliched against the backdrop of other generic lovey dovey rehashed messages. It captures the vibe and is very much a spiritual amalgam of Winnie the Pooh, Calvin & Hobbes, Paddington, but each one of those is quite focused in either the message they deliver or the plot they take viewers/readers on.
Overall, would recommend a watch just because this is very much still a work of animated art and music. But those two things will not make a 6/10 perfect, so overall rating, 7/10.
The main weakness this project has is that, beyond the superficial, the actual story only goes where others have gone before and neither inspires anything profound nor particularly touching. The half hour runtime is padded with non sequitur discussion, shallow platitudes, weak character development (which, admittedly, may be an unfair parameter to assign to a short like this), and a meandering journey. There are interesting moments. "Being Honest is Always Interesting" actually is a pretty nice sentiment. Something I can't quite classify as cliched against the backdrop of other generic lovey dovey rehashed messages. It captures the vibe and is very much a spiritual amalgam of Winnie the Pooh, Calvin & Hobbes, Paddington, but each one of those is quite focused in either the message they deliver or the plot they take viewers/readers on.
Overall, would recommend a watch just because this is very much still a work of animated art and music. But those two things will not make a 6/10 perfect, so overall rating, 7/10.