Review of Animal Farm (1954) by Connor M — 30 Sep 2010

Connor Macgregor Reviews...Animal Farm.

George Orwell is quite possibly one of the greatest fiction writers of all time...he tells my type of stories. Dark stories that you know no light could come out of. Animal Farm is possibly one of the darkest stories I have ever seen.

Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over their farm by means of a revolutionary coup, but then discovering that although all animals are supposed to be equal, some are more equal than others...

Animal Farm is one of those films that will easily fool you with the poster. You take your kids to see it expecting a cuddly fun kids film. Instead you get a dark masterpiece that will scar your kids for life. Me I never saw it until now. This Film is one of the most incredible stories ever written. It tells the story of revolution becoming the order. The Leaders of rebellion becoming the dictators of the future. This is how someone becomes a greedy dictator. The power of the story makes this film so fantastic and memorable that it may even scare you that this sort of thing could happen and happen to any country to any power.

There isn`t really any acting. Just a narration and this narration is chilling as sin. Amazing narration and makes the story much more clear of what is going on. The Animation is splendid. Really effective dark colours used to make the film incredibly dark and murky. Gordan Heath is amazing as The Narrator.

This film should be seen as it is one of the darkest stories ever told in cinema. You must see it.

Rating - 84% - A-.