Unbelievable the low rating this has from the first 8 votes. Many Happy Returns is a superb animated short. It's very hard hitting, but unlike hard hitting animation much of the time, it doesn't simply animate lifelike events; the imagination is very much to the fore.
Many Happy Returns is about a woman and the girl she once was. The woman is live action, the girl animated, and often both appear to exist within the same space and time. I don't usually like live action animation, but here it is used with reason.
This animation is especially well done as though it is based on life, the story doesn't leave the room, there being enough to say for this animator without needing many different locations and scenes.
Many Happy Returns is about a woman and the girl she once was. The woman is live action, the girl animated, and often both appear to exist within the same space and time. I don't usually like live action animation, but here it is used with reason.
This animation is especially well done as though it is based on life, the story doesn't leave the room, there being enough to say for this animator without needing many different locations and scenes.
