Aesthetically pleasing yarn in which the characters hair sort of looks like yarn.
The CGI has this rich, stylized sense of texture in which everyone sort of looks like an arts and crafts project which works incredibly well with the Southern Ontario gothic vibe so one feels almost like one is experiencing a storybook as much as a movie. There is an innate cosiness especially with the darker red-pink-black color scheme.
The writing is not quite as strong. I like these kids and all and it has this Lemony Snicket quality though certainly has its own character. The theme of family and belonging is a bit worn out by this point and though I liked how it is child services that is rightfully the villainized party.
It's all pretty benign and passes an hour and a half. It could be more polished, for example I would have preferred to make the judgement for myself whether the Barnabys were "creepy".
Also, it's kind of a bland title. "The Wondiferous Willoughbys" or something.
I recommend the French dub. The English dub miscast the Narrator-cat and the Polish dub miscasts the Barnabys.
The CGI has this rich, stylized sense of texture in which everyone sort of looks like an arts and crafts project which works incredibly well with the Southern Ontario gothic vibe so one feels almost like one is experiencing a storybook as much as a movie. There is an innate cosiness especially with the darker red-pink-black color scheme.
The writing is not quite as strong. I like these kids and all and it has this Lemony Snicket quality though certainly has its own character. The theme of family and belonging is a bit worn out by this point and though I liked how it is child services that is rightfully the villainized party.
It's all pretty benign and passes an hour and a half. It could be more polished, for example I would have preferred to make the judgement for myself whether the Barnabys were "creepy".
Also, it's kind of a bland title. "The Wondiferous Willoughbys" or something.
I recommend the French dub. The English dub miscast the Narrator-cat and the Polish dub miscasts the Barnabys.