Michael's Movie Grade: B+
An excellent animated film from Poland.
Even those who don't enjoy the story of this movie will be amazed by the visuals. If you have ever looked at a great painting and pictured the characters in the painting moving, then this is the movie for you. This film perfectly captures the look and feel of moving paintings. Every frame of this film is a complete visual treat and there are many moments when you will be in complete awe of what you are seeing. Yet this incredible animation style is not just used as a gimmick. This animation style is perfectly used to tell the story. While this is a story that could have been told in live action, the film uses animation to draw us into the characters' minds and emotions in some incredibly well-made scenes.
The storyline is very much a romantic melodrama. While there is little here that you haven't seen before, it is done very well. One of the main reasons of this is the main character. We grow to care about her very much. She feels completely real to us, because while she is the innocent victim, she still has her flaws. As the film goes and the story gets more tragic, the story gets more and more tragic and because we care about this character, we find ourselves getting very emotional. The ending scene will make you leave the theater, feeling overwhelmed with emotions.
This movie does have its problems though. Sometimes the story can feel a bit too familiar. The movie is longer than it needs to be and can feel a little repetitive at times. The supporting characters are often 2-deminsonal stereotypes that seem to exist simply as figures to move the plot forward and make our main character more miserable.
Though this may have its flaws, this movie boasts incredible animation and an engrossing story.
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