Review of I Lost My Body (2019) by Theredsky — 22 Dec 2019

I Lost My Body is my second favorite animated film I have seen this year. It’s also a Netflix release which means it is available to anyone who has it. The animation is breathtaking. It’s probably the best animation I have seen this year.

It all looks hand drawn but flows like a regular movie. Each shot is unique and beautiful. There is always something pleasing to look at. The colors help make each shot stand out. There are a lot of gray shots for flashbacks and more depressing scenes but for more intense scenes, we get more reds, blues, and greens.

It helped make the film stand out. The voice acting may be mediocre but the characters and their designs are interesting to look at. Each character has their own specific trait that they follow. The story may be confusing at first but by the end you understand what happened and why.

Essentially, we follow the story from two perspectives. One being in the past about a man named Naoufel trying to fall in love and move on from his past while another story, which takes place in the present, is about a mysterious hand that has lost its owner and is trying to return to him.

Over the course of the story, we follow both of these characters triumphs and setbacks until their respective stories finally come together. I interpreted the story’s message to be that our past is important to form who we are but we shouldn’t always look back to it but instead to look forward to our future.

I felt the music, although repetitive and weird in a handful of scenes, was pretty great. It added to the emotion of each scene and helped each shot feel more unique and beautiful. The script is nothing to hammer home about but it was still pretty good.

Overall, I Lost My Body is a great animated film with some fantastic animation, great music, and a cute story and message.