This Nearly Shelved, Live Action/Animation Hybrid ​

Is Loaded with Wit, Heart, Humor and Satire

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Per the usual discussion surrounding this, fuck the Warner Bros ELT for trying to kill this and subsequently further proving the point of the movie, that being the toxicity of corporations. By attempting to quell the movie, though, they’ve only boosted in popularity, which is nice to see.

This is awesome, though. Some of the best and most detailed merging of animation and live action literally ever (maybe THE best ever, visually, outside of Conejo Roger). Will Forte does a legit excellent job acting across a tennis ball or literally nothing, doing some great comedic and effective dramatic work. And the script is really creative, smart, funny, and unexpectedly emotional. Also, similar to the visuals, way more detailed and layered than it needed to be. We gotta keep an eye on Samy Burch, who penned this as well as 2023’s fucking incredible “May December.” She’s gonna have a killer career.

And on top of the corporate damnation going on here, there’s some really valuable lessons on perseverance and trying for the sake of trying even against stacked odds. Which is exactly what the gang that got this movie in front of audiences did, and good for fucking them.