{"id":21748,"date":"2020-12-10T13:13:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=21748"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:13:19","slug":"wolfwalkers-is-a-wonderful-animated-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=21748","title":{"rendered":"WOLFWALKERS is a Wonderful Animated Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This film is available for streaming on AppleTV+ on\nDecember 11th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades now, Pixar and Disney have been winning award after award for their impressively produced animated films. Both companies are equally successful in amusing people Graphically<\/a>. But they aren\u2019t the only team of talented filmmakers and artists out there providing family entertainment. The Irish company Cartoon Saloon has also had its fair share of successes, including titles like The Secret of Kells<\/em>, Song of the Sea<\/em> and The Breadwinner<\/em>, each of which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Their latest is called Wolfwalkers<\/em> and it\u2019s every bit as impressive as their other features. In fact, it may be their best picture yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A clever English girl named Robyn Goodfellowe (Honor\nKneafsey) is taken to Ireland by her hunter father Bill (Sean Bean) in order to\nserve a walled-in city under the control of Oliver Cromwell (Simon McBurney).\nThe girl is told to stay out indoors while her dad wipes out a wolf pack\ncausing trouble for locals clearing trees from the surrounding woods. However,\nRobyn ventures outside the walls and befriends an almost feral youngster, Mebh\n\u00d3g MacT\u00edre (Eva Whittaker). The protagonist soon learns that the odd girl is a\nWolfwalker, essentially a human being who can transform into a wolf. Robyn soon\nlearns more about the origins of these fantastic creatures as well as their\nstruggle. The lead decides to protect her new friend from the extremely\ndangerous Cromwell, as well as her own father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Naturally, there is more going on within the story than just\nwhat appears in the synopsis. Yes, this is a modern fairy tale steeped in Irish\nmyth and lore. However, it is also a coming-of-age story that addresses a young\nwoman testing boundaries of the conservative society around her, while she\nattempts to find her own morals to live by and her place in the world. In fact,\nthe protagonist finds herself being welcomed into the fold as a Wolfwalker\nherself and must determine whether or not her newfound magical abilities are\nsomething that she wants to embrace. While the plot itself doesn\u2019t offer a\ngreat many story surprises, the voice cast are excellent and sell the\nyoungster\u2019s inner struggle about her shifting loyalties and conflicting\nfeelings with remarkable ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The various films from this production company have their\nown distinct look involving hand-drawn characters, backed by vibrant colors and\nenvironments. This title is no exception and is filled with stunning imagery\nfrom beginning to end. At times, the backdrops almost appear to pop off of the\nscreen. The city depicted early in the film is impressively stylized, but as\nthe story progresses deeper into the forest, the visuals become even more remarkable.\nThe transformations from human to wolf are clever, at times shifting to a low\npoint of view with the camera moving around. Some shots provide the animals\nseeing individual scents visibly trailing off those around them It is unique\nand fun to watch. Even the city environments set at night are colorful and filled\nwith deep red hues that make an impression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story is also tightly constructed and ties everything up\nquite nicely by the close. And for parents worried about the film\u2019s PG rating,\nthere are a few intense bits and some violence at the close, but nothing that\nshould result in any nightmares from children. In the end, this a striking\nmovie with a distinctive style that is different from typical big studio family\nfeatures. The movie\u2019s wonderful visuals, coming-of-age story and subtle ecological\nthemes also add layers of depth that help it stand out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, like all of the other titles from this\nproduction house, Wolfwalkers<\/em> is a winner. In fact, it is seemingly\nguaranteed to earn itself a Best Animated Feature nomination at this year\u2019s Academy\nAwards. And for this particular reviewer, it certainly tops anything else out\nthere. Yet regardless of whether it wins an Oscar or is denied a victory at the\nceremony, it\u2019s a unique, ageless family feature that will stand the test of\ntime. It\u2019s a great choice for anyone looking for quality animated entertainment\nfor the entire family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This film is available for streaming on AppleTV+ on December 11th. For decades now, Pixar and Disney have been winning award after award for their impressively produced animated films. Both companies are equally successful in amusing people Graphically. But they aren\u2019t the only team of talented filmmakers and artists out there providing family entertainment. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[198,1455,7114,7283,7287,9292,9927,12223,14533,17857,18423,24399,24411,24412,24413,24414],"class_list":["post-21748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-198","tag-animated","tag-eva-whittaker","tag-family","tag-family-film","tag-honor-kneafsey","tag-ireland","tag-legend","tag-myth","tag-sean-bean","tag-simon-mcburney","tag-wolf","tag-wolfwalkers","tag-wolfwalkers-film-review","tag-wolfwalkers-movie-review","tag-wolfwalkers-review"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}