The Velveteen Rabbit

A lovely version of a classic book for children. Seductive, touching, wise presented, gentle reminding old fundamental truths.

A story of a toy and its two levels to become real.

The virtue of. Lindsay van Berck is more than remind but use the fair accents , nuances and sparkles of the old story for create, with the precious help of clay, a fascinating, fragile world in its simple beauty aspects.

The result is great and I admitt, discovering very late the book by Margery Williams, unfortunatelly, as adult, I was seduced by the fair magic contained by it who only the childhood preserves.

The result is just admirable.

Watched this short film because I just finished the book with my 6-year old son and he was curious. This is actually the first film adaptation I've ever seen of the story as it is one I am familiar with but just never seen an adaptation for. The claymation style is classic and it does work well for a kids film (especially for younger kids). I'm glad it stays close to the original story and doesn't go too far off the rails. Don't know if it'll be a regular watch for my son like other films (as I'm not sure how much of the claymation style he likes yet), but it's a decent film especially if your children are already familiar with the story.