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Found this animation by accident and decided to do a little background check on IMDb. Ratings were pretty low but as with most animated films that come to my attention I decided to give it a try and find out by my self.

What I discovered was a classic lower class boy loves and rescues high class girl story, injected with some anti-racist and anti-drug messages, even a subtle but apparent criticism on current political events. Overall I'd go for entertaining with some interesting pointers and blame the low ratings mostly on lack of proper advertisement (practically none... ).

On a final note, those of you inclined to poke the truth out of a pile of words, do take a closer look at those really negative comments and the country they're originating from. Sad to see people prefer walls over peaceful coexistence...

The saying "All flash, no substance" feels like a perfect descriptor of this movie. The painting-like visuals of this movie are fantastic. The people in charge of that definitely deserve some praise for what they've accomplished. Now if only these people could be paired up with some people that are competent at crafting stories.. Because the story is anything but well-crafted. Most characters are extremely underdeveloped and shallow, with motivations being as flimsy as a leaf in the wind. I don't remember a single character in the movie being the least bit interesting; such utterly forgettable characters.

Give this one a skip unless you're tired and just wanna look at something pretty while you shut your brain off.

The first thing one notices about Sahara is that it's visually stunning, with an art style that looks high-budget yet sets itself apart from the average CGI flick. Coupled with decent sound design, the film has good production values on the surface.

Unfortunately, the script, storyboarding, and directing fluctuate between decent and cringe-worthy. Sometimes the action can be involving and the humor genuinely funny. But at other times it can be derivative or just plain awkward. The snakes in the film sometimes talk like humans (for example referencing Batman), which at those moments makes the film feel very cheap. Other times they actually steal jokes from other places. Some moments the film just feels clumsy like a demo reel. For example, I almost dozed off during the "climax" of the movie because the action was kind of confusing.

Unfortunately, the writers and directors of the movie missed an opportunity to capitalize on the great production values with a solid script. It felt like someone whipped up the dialogue and refused to have it reviewed by anyone else. That said, it's not a bad movie. It's worth watching if only for the nice animation, and it shows that there is potential for new players in the CGI realm (who aren't from Pixar, Disney, or Dreamworks) to make something great-if they just step it up a little bit more.

It felt like the characters where acting bad. Which is strange because its a animation. Than I realized It was a France movie, with very very bad English voice overs!. For instance the voice of the main character in English sound like a little boy, but original sound like a real man. I normally prefer English voices but this movie really gets better in original voices. Still not a very good movie but not bad too!

Sorry for my bad English, im Dutch with dislexy.

Upon seeing this film back at 2017 when it came out on Netflix, I was expecting a very groundbreaking animated adventure that would rank to the likes of Pixar and DreamWorks. Unfortunately, what I got was an OK flick with some good visuals but a very underwhelming story. It's not a terrible film, don't get me wrong, but it could've been so much better.

Let's start with the problems. The story has a very nice idea, a movie that takes place in the Sahara desert with a Romeo and Juliet-esque twist. Execution-wise, however, it falls into predictable territory and has cliches we've seen before in other animated films. Not to mention that it does drag somewhat slowly in places. While it does have some bits of funny humor, the script includes some adult references that are way too inappropriate for some viewers. Also, the characters didn't leave an impact to the story and end up being shallow and underdeveloped.

That being said, there are some good things to admire about this film. The voice acting from everyone involved is fairly good especially the English dub (I might want to watch the film in french audio with subtitles someday since this was made by another animation studio in France), the music score fits the setting of the film very well, there are some moments where the action gets very interesting, and the best part is the animation. From the most unique animal designs of the characters to the nicely detailed look of the Sahara desert which makes the film worth watching because of it.

Overall, this film makes for passable entertainment. It doesn't offer much in terms of the story and characters, but it's beautiful animation and a good music score makes this a flawed, but interesting animated movie made from France. If you have kids, give this one a shot. For the adults though, they probably won't get anything out of this.

I watched this movie last night on Netflix out of sheer boredom. I realized too late that I had made a big mistake. For starters, "Sahara" is filled with jokes and visuals unsuitable for a family film. Second, its use of pop culture references and modern music is both unnecessary and excessive. Lastly, the characters are one-dimensional and the story is generic. "Sahara" is by far one of the worst animated films I've seen.

Quite liked the movie- was good to watch when didn't really feel like watching anything at all. Obviously not as good as the higher children's movies but not bad considering- might even watch again.

My comment is just about the credits at the end The movie lists different actors to what it does on here?

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Never heard of it, just put it on cause we couldn't find anything else. It looked like an old movie until we put it on and the animation was really good. The story unfolds a bit slow, but entertaining. Well worth our time. Both me, my gf and our daughter (7 years old) loved it.

I see it gets low review scores here, which is odd, cause it was much better than many of the best animated films this year.

So I'm wondering..why haven't anyone heard of this movie? Whoever tried to promote this movie did a horrible job. Shame on you. It's sad to see only the big animated movies win. If I ever saw a trailer of this movie, I can't remember it. There are many funny characters here too. Really well animated etc. Still, even in the pictures section here on IMDb it's really lacking content. Really strange!

A good movie, but something went really wrong when this came out. Hope those somebody can learn from it and make more movies. It's also probably. One of the first movies that make "the evil" creatures like snakes and scorpions into heroes. That concept would easily look stupid, but this works.

The animation is colorful and I love the story, but the acting needs work.

A shame honestly, since it had a lot of potential (like a lot of other animated movies), but it ends up wasting it. While there are certain interesting parts such as the tense relationship between Ajar, Pitt and Gary at certain moments in the film, or how beautiful certain animations and places can be, there is not much else to highlight, since the story itself is generic, and also has many plot holes and does not explain certain things such as why dusty and green snakes got on badly. I think it is cliche, but even so, I recommend it to hang out, since some parts that are interesting, but nothing more.

The animation here is decent and the voice acting is mainly good.

HOWEVER

This is a film about a watermelon-eating cobra teaming up with a substance-abusing green snake to rescue another green snake from a racist caricature. There is a lot that this film gets wrong factually. Some can be attributed to artistic license, but a lot is just laziness. There are also some extremely questionable artistic decisions, such as the aforementioned stoner snake in a children's film, which leads to scenes in which he gets high, and snorts sand in the desert like cocaine. While most of the character design is good, there are a couple of notable exceptions where the character looks disgusting, or where they have clearly copied a character from elsewhere. The plot is okay, but a lot of it feels recycled from previous films, including some extremely cliched set-pieces.

In general, this is not the worst animated film ever. That does not make it good. I'd say put it on for a child then leave the room, but that would teach them that quality does not matter in children's films. Also, the drugs-based humour probably needs a responsible adult to put into context for them. Instead, put on a good film for your child, like Shrek or Chicken Run.

The concept is great, but the whole damsel in distress is just not doing it anymore today. Surprisingly the first part is worst than the second part. The movie actually gets much better after 45min

It looks great, but it lacks originality and strong characters. Rita is great and a backstory on her would probably be a good reason to make a spin off and do this right.

The comic relief character, Gary however is unbearably annoying, and the English voice actor makes it worst.

Some other odd choices are a snorting snake and a rap American gangsta song under a North African battle, whilst it could have been a highlight

And then there's a Bugs Bunny homage/rip off character, which it's a nice eater egg.

Overall I do think a sequel would be good, just with some new and original ideas.

Are you kidding me? This movie is absolutely disgusting. A sorry excuse for an animated movie. A junkie snake literally snorts pollen, among countless other inappropriate references. This is not for children and not even good for adults

Do you like movies with bad dialogue, no plot, glaring sexism and obvious attempts to mimic the Pixar formula? This movie is for you! If not - forget it. Totally not worth it.

The writing is awful. The characters are derivative and boring. The message is dumb. The acting is subpar. It's just a complete waste of time.

A really funny movie, that I stumbled upon on Netflix. This is a funny animation with great characters. It is a shame that it does not seem to have hit the big screens or have great reviews, however I believe this animation movie is better than some animations that have received great reviews. If you want to relax and have a laugh this is the movie to watch.

The main lady snakes brother is a drug addict!! One scene he is hallucinating from heat stroke/ withdrawal and he thinks the sand is "pollen" so he makes a line of it and snorts it with one nostril!! The rest of the movie with his scenes are pretty much just watching him try to score pollen or talk about how much he needs this drug. Its completely inappropriate given the pg rating which seems to be the standard for netflix originals. The rest of the movie is boring as hell and i dont get where they are coming from calling it heart warming.

This has way too much sexual innuendo, sexual references, and scene upon scene of drug references. This is in no way, shape, or form appropriate for children. There are no spoilers in this review. I'm only offering that this is not appropriate for children of any age. This movie, abundant with sexual and drug references, should be 18 and up. The references aren't even subtle as with some cartoons, where there is a touch of adult humor thickly veiled. In this movie, they don't even try to cover up the drugs and sex.

I just stumbled onto this on Netflix and was so wonderfully surprised. The art direction is beautiful. The story is a modern Romeo and Juliet mixed with Step Up. Be warned it does get very serious very quick at moments. So the age limit might be a touch higher than what you first might think. But it will only inspire kids hopes not break them. I highly highly recommend this one.