Review of The Mouse and His Child (1977) by Steven K — 13 Apr 2009
This movie is FUCKED UP! Or rather, the story is a fucked-up one. As a child, I could never connect with the film, and thought it was just stupid. Something brought me back to it as an adult and I was surprised at how much depth I clearly missed when I was younger.
The movie is chock-full of flaws, from bad pacing to bad image-scaling (characters sometimes appear smaller than others and sometimes they're all the same size), but the story triumphs over the film's production values. Sociological, psychological, political and religious themes all abound in this movie, concluding with a theme I consider very important - redemption.
The film may have been ahead of its time and lacking an audience, both on merits of maturity, but there's no better time than now to revisit this underrated tale.
This review of The Mouse and His Child (1977) was written by Steven K on 13 Apr 2009.
The Mouse and His Child has generally received positive reviews.
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