This was a fascinating animation.
Even when this movie can't be compared with the masterpieces done by Jiří Trnka, Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay, there are still many beautiful qualities about "Blood Tea and Red String", a film able to combine the most whimsical elements from fairy tales and fables with lots of surreal scenes. It might be a weird film, but this is an example of a good kind of weirdness.
I liked a lot the animation style from this film, which despite being done in the year 2006, has a strong resemblance with many stop-motion shorts done in the seventies and the eighties, something that works very well for the story of "Blood Tea and Red Sting". The plot was very strange, but very interesting to watch at the same time, having a marvelous dream-like quality which evokes the whimsical nature of some fairy tales.
In "Blood Tea and Red String", the grotesque and captivating elements are combined perfectly well, being the perfect example of what can be considered as a true fairy tale for adults, in the same way that "The City of the Lost Children" and "Pan's Labyrinth". Without being a perfect film, it does have the heart in the right place, resulting in a more than worth-watching experience.
8.5/10
Even when this movie can't be compared with the masterpieces done by Jiří Trnka, Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay, there are still many beautiful qualities about "Blood Tea and Red String", a film able to combine the most whimsical elements from fairy tales and fables with lots of surreal scenes. It might be a weird film, but this is an example of a good kind of weirdness.
I liked a lot the animation style from this film, which despite being done in the year 2006, has a strong resemblance with many stop-motion shorts done in the seventies and the eighties, something that works very well for the story of "Blood Tea and Red Sting". The plot was very strange, but very interesting to watch at the same time, having a marvelous dream-like quality which evokes the whimsical nature of some fairy tales.
In "Blood Tea and Red String", the grotesque and captivating elements are combined perfectly well, being the perfect example of what can be considered as a true fairy tale for adults, in the same way that "The City of the Lost Children" and "Pan's Labyrinth". Without being a perfect film, it does have the heart in the right place, resulting in a more than worth-watching experience.
8.5/10