Review of Animal Farm (1999) by Sia S — 05 Dec 2013

Before I start this review, I just wanna say I haven't read the book of what this film is based off of. Now let's dive into the review.

Animal Farm is considered to be one of the first British animated films ever released. And from what I think of this film, it's actually pretty good. Not one of the greatest trust me, there are some flaws I'm gonna talk about, but I kinda enjoyed watching it for the first time in English class. The story is about a group of farm animals which is supposed to be similar to events that happened in Russia. That's something I have never heard of before and that's a unique plot in the film. I like how the animals try to run the farm on their own without a farmer doing all the work. The animation is drawn very well. The animals moment is cool to look at, since this is the first British animated film. I'm surprise to see that this film is a bit dark at times to make it more mature. I think it's very clever for the director to do that, since this came out in the 1950s. If I could find one major flaw in this flick, it's gotta be the sound editing. It works sometimes, but it's hard to hear throughout the course of this film. It was hard for me to hear the animals talking to each other that I had to hear very clear for what they were saying. Animal Farm is not a classic, but it's worth a watch for all animators. Just gotta crank up the volume and listen clearly of what the narrator and animals are saying.