May 102013
The Gruffalo
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Animated; Color; DVD; NTSC; Widescreen
2011 Academy Award Nominee for Best Short Film! An animated film based on the classic children’s picture book, The Gruffalo tells the magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut. Encountering three animals who all wish to eat him – a fox, an owl and a snake – the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive. He announces that he is meeting a monster with terrible features, a ‘Gruffalo’, and the three animals are each panicked into running away. Mouse is now increa
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Even better then the Book,
A truely beautiful short film based on the childrens book, “The Gruffalo”. It played on cable during the Christmas holiday 2010 and we were able to DVR it. My children (boy aged 5 and girl aged 3) ask to watch it about once a week, especially if we read the story at bedtime. I personally like to watch it, and most of their shows I cant stand. The movie uses only the words from the book, and does an excellent job retelling it. It shows the circle of life, where every creature in the “deep dark wood” is being eaten by something else; mouse sees all this and comes up with a plan to escape the same fate. An excellent story, we just love it. I cant wait for the DVD to come out – Im sick of fast forwarding past all the commercials.
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Perfect for younger kids (and their parents),
I echo the previous reviewer. We DVR’d The Gruffalo and I am very excited to not have to fast forward holiday commercials. That said, my kids (ages 2 and 6) love to watch this and have watched it on average of once a week for 7 months now. Unlike other kids’ programming, I don’t mind having it on in the background and enjoy watching it from time to time. It is a very sweet little tale with nicely done animation, music, and calming voices. There is also much you can talk about with both very young and older children. I highly recommend this one – appropriate for all ages and will not annoy the adults in the room.
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The Gruffalo – Adorable!,
The Gruffalo tells the whimsical story of a little mouse who goes on a stroll in the woods. He comes across several other creatures – predators who all think the little mouse looks quite tasty! The witty mouse must do his best to keep from being eaten! He invents a story about a terrible monster, The Gruffalo, who will of course devour all the predators. Our little hero is pretty pleased with himself when his enemies run away – but what will become of him when the creature of his imagination turns out to be not quite so imaginary after all?
I highly recommend it! Featuring voice talents such as Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane, the tale has a lyrical feel that takes you along on the little mouse’s journey. The animation is beautiful, the story is sweet and overall it may become a family favorite. Hubby and I enjoyed watching the behind-the-scenes feature – it was fascinating to see how the animation team brought everything together.
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