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(August 11, 2024) Original
(October 13, 2024) New Posters (#1-#3)

Release Date:

October 18, 2024

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Young Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty. A gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel.”

Poster Rating: B- / C / C

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Review: (#1, B-) A very lovely scene that captures the beauty of the animation but it feels surprisingly lifeless. (#2, C) Even less life to this design and the difference between the richly detailed backdrop and the weakly drawn foreground figure makes it look out of place. (#3, C) The cheap-looking animation style of the characters against a backdrop of serene beauty only makes the dichotomy more obvious and less inspired.

Trailer Rating: C+

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Review: (#1, C+) The animation is simplistic in ways and beautiful in others. That it looks like a number of other films about castaway children makes it difficult to see the film as anything terribly special.

Oscar Prospects:

It will be a contender on the periphery of the Animated Feature contest, but I don’t expect it to overcome some of this year’s other contenders for a spot.

Trailer #1

Posters

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