"The Gruffalo's Child" is the sequel to "The Gruffalo" and also got released for the holidays again. I liked the original and was fine with its Oscar nomination, but in this case once is enough. This is basically a story with turned tables. We do not follow the mouse, but the title character this time. They got a pretty great cast for an animated short film, I will hold that in their favor. Helena Bonham Carter does the narration voicing the mother of a bunch of young squirrels and Robbie Coltrane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Steve Corden are fairly popular as well. It's not their fault really that this did not work out as nicely as the first. Maybe they should have kept it at 10 minutes max this time. Even the rhyming did not feel as smoothly as in the original. The animation wasn't bad. I liked the snowy landscape. Just like the first, this was directed by a duo of Germans, however not the same duo as 2 years ago. I guess it's all these small ingredients that made one big impact, in this case a negative one. I cannot recommend "The Gruffalo's Child".
Review of The Gruffalo's Child
