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I watched this w/other Oscar-nominated shorts, took a while to process. But the uneasy atmosphere, the little girl never looked comfortable in what should have been a grandfather's big safe hands, "nothing bad will happen to you here", counting monster eyes instead of sheep, suspected the topic and damn damn so sorry I was right.

She didn't like being left without her parents, normal for a kid, but she was nine and it was an annual holiday. Ten days. Sitting on the swing looking toward the house. Spoilers yet? Can you all out there watch Pachyderme online, or is it possible to see it at independent theaters? I could.

What's not to like here? You get to see big stars like Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan doing their own singing. Brosnan is pretty bad! And apparently the criticism rolled right off him--he's a good sport. Amanda Seyfried is adorable. The dancing is exhilarating and the scenery is gorgeous. Julie Walters has a high old time hamming it up, you can see her joy. There are moments of genuine emotion throughout--heck, this movie is good SMART fun.

PS Another plus: the Soviet general from Chernobyl is one of Sophie's possible fathers!

I thought at first this was a retrospective with actual scenes from earlier episodes, couldn't figure out why the hair was so bad! their hair never looked like that! but otherwise a funny, touching episode, with a nice cynical twist at the end.