Même les souris vont au paradis

While I do admit the first 15-ish minutes were not that engaging to me, feeling like another standard kids movie, it really started to pick up a little after Whitebelly (the fox), and Wheezy (the mouse) meet.

First of all the movie has some of the best looking stop motion I've seen in quite a while, visually looking like The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and possibly a bit of Isle of Dogs. Even though most of it is physical props in stop motion, the rare thing that's not actually stop motion such as large pools of water, and the whale towards the end mesh well together despite being clearly CGI.

The character of Wheezy (mouse) was initially a little two-dimensional feeling with her personality, she and the other personalities got a bit better and more immersive feeling, while the character of Whitebelly and the supporting cast felt pretty strong (except for the Moles, they felt a bit like a walking gag).

The ending, and the whole message of the movie itself is pretty impactful.

I'd go out of your way to find this if possible, just try to stick with it past the first 15 or so minutes and you'll find something pretty underrated.

I watched this on the English dub, and not the original French one as I don't like subtitle blindness, nor can I speak French. *shrug*

A pleasant little film I got to watch recently through a festival screening. Its by no means amazing but I did appreciate its charm and its ability to be a film for young people with the underlying philosophical aspects of life, death, self worth and morality. How two people pitted to be mortal enemies can find resolve through their differences, while also turning the cat and mouse game on its head by inverting the roles.

I loved this movie. It tells you about a lot of things. Everything is just on your perspective. It shows about the friendship of the fox and the mice. And how the met in after life and what happens to them after the afterlife or heaven. Once a friend always a friend. I loved this movie. The movie is heart touching.

But then drifted off into cliche. Bullying friends, abusive dad, overblown character traits.

The animation, the set up, the look was all good, but it delivered a simplified one dimensonal story we've seen many times before.

The story is about a mouse who is afraid of everything and wants to be like her heroic father, who was tragically killed by a fox, or so she believes. One day, the mouse is startled by a fox who chases after her, as she had unintentionally awakened the fox from sleep. Determined to prove her bravery to everyone, she musters up the courage to pull out some of the fox's fur. Surprisingly, they meet again in heaven. In this celestial encounter, the fox informs the mouse that she can find her father once more. Eager to be reunited, the mouse embarks on a journey to find him. However, she becomes disheartened when the fox insists on accompanying her.