Kensuke's Kingdom

Giving this an 8/10 rating

Another great animated film based on another book, and this film shows how a good family film should be done. This time the book is written by Michael Morpurgo, it's an adventure story set at sea and land. Frank Cottrell Boyce helps adapt the book, Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry are the directors who have done a great job and give us a great different looking animated feature.

This is a film that shows that action, speaks louder than words, as there is more done, than said, so the cast done really have much on script, so everything is left up to the visuals and sound design, and it's a nice treat, a simple story of island life that is seen by two points of view, driven by circumstance.

Also the island and wildlife are characters in their own right. A very thoughtful movie.

It's not very often that a movie hits me on an emotional level, but this really did. This is a stunning story bought to life with incredible passion. The score is magnificent and wouldn't be out of place in a AAA Hollywood movie, but it works phenomenally well in this intimate animation. The visual effects are stunning and bring the world of Kensuke's Kingdom to life before our eyes. The details of the story which I won't go into are both utterly heartbreaking and uplifting at once. I wish there were more films of this calibre being made on a regular basis and not just the same old remakes and sequels being churned out year upon year.

If you don't want to cry your eyes out.

I must admit I got bored at the beginning with the main character, and was thinking of giving it up, but I'm a completionist so I had to see it through. And boy am I glad I did!

Everything is amazing - animation, the story, music... one of the best animated movies I've ever seen, especially because it tackles world issues that wound my heart - and the world - the most: animal poaching (leading to species extinction and ecosystem disbalance), stupid wars, but it also shows what a small paradise we could have if we only learned to live within the nature's world, instead of considering ourselves above it, and treasure what it gave us.

I'm sorry that I haven't even known about the book before watching this (there are so many amazing ones, it's impossible to know and read them all! T_T ), but I'll be sure to find and read it!

This film was an awful adaptation of a wonderful book. Every single aspect that made the book special from Individual characters to relationships and even the entire point of the book is missing or twisted to leave a hollow and frustrating experience as a movie. Sad to see. A huge missed opportunity.

Visually the film is nice and with a great cast you'd be fooled into believing that this may be a great watch. From the very first beat to its clumsy conclusion I cannot understand how one could take the book that is rich in characters, story arcs and resilience and then turn out such an empty stinker. Avoid.

Possibly the worst adaptation of a book of all time. Genuinely surprised to see such a high rating on here. Taking such a well written story and cramming it into an hour and 24 minutes felt really cheap. It's like they were ticking off boxes as they went along too. Must cram this bit in, include this tiny detail. Yeah it stuck to things that happened in the book, but to no real depth at all. No character development, no arcs. I had such high hopes for this film after loving the book. But it's just one big let down. If you've read the book leave it at that. The movie does nothing but ruin Michael Morpurgo's work.