Anna and the Moods

When I saw this at a film festival recently (it was packaged along with some other films), I had no idea that Bjork did the voice of the main character. Besides that bit of star power (and I don't think it matters for an animated film, anyway), there's nothing special about the movie. Its message is simplistic and it is conveyed gracelessly, so it simply bored me (the whole film climaxes with the very deep observation that "kids grow up and become teenagers"). The characters are all clichés. The whole story is cliché. The humour is usually predictable and lacks subtlety. The animation and art design is more cheery than it is good; expect to see lots of exaggerated movements and "wacky" shapes but little soul. It is also just not structured very well; it starts off with the story of a boy living with a wild boar in the forest who somehow becomes a psychologist later in the film. The finished film would work just as well without this introduction, because it doesn't relate to anything that comes after; it just seems like a random unneeded back-story.

It is a generally harmless film (except maybe for the scene of Anna's parents "getting freaky") but I don't really think that there's any reason to see it; it's not that good and it doesn't offer anything new.

This movie was a blur and had strength like gorillaz.

A very cool looking digital animation featuring the voice of Bjork for the main character. The film was made and debuts in Iceland, with Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) as the narrator. Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz also does voice work on the film. Music is composed by Julian Nott and performed by the Brodsky Quartet. Directed by Gunnar Karlsson, based upon an original story by Sjón. "Anna and the Moods" is produced by CAOZ of Reykjavik. The movie is scheduled for release in Reykjavík, Iceland on February 9, 2007. As far I know, this is Bjork's first voice work for an animated film (other than her own music videos of course).

Amazing, 10/10. I loved the show and believe that if you watched it you would love it too