56. Superworm/The Gruffalo; movie review
SUPERWORM/GRUFFALO
Cert U
62 mins
BBFC advice: Contains very mild fantasy threat, slapstick/Some very mild scary parts
BBFC advice: Contains very mild fantasy threat, slapstick/Some very mild scary parts
Our parenting of young children is in the long distant past but we could still appreciate the charm and vivid presentation of these short movies from Magic Light.
But I am afraid I struggle to understand why they are being shown at cinemas when they are available for free on the BBC iPlayer.
Nevertheless, they hit the big screen this weekend, so, in order to get ahead of the game, we watched the enchanting and beautifully illustrated moral tales over dinner.
First up was Jac Hamman and Sarah Scrimgeour's Superworm, based on Julia Donaldson's hugely popular illustrated book.
Narrated by Olivia Colman, it stars Matt Smith as the voice of the longest and strongest worm the forest has ever seen.
He and his pal, the butterfly (Patricia Allison) have joyous lives until the worm is kidnapped by a giant crow for his master, the wizard lizard (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith).
The worm is under the lizard's spell and is set for a miserable life digging for treasure on his behalf until the butterfly leads a rescue attempt.
Sharing the bill is the equally fun and probably more famous tale of The Gruffalo.
This is Max Lang, Jakob Schuh's adaptation of the tale of the mouse (James Corden) who has to face-off wily predators.
Thus, he makes up the story of his fearsome friend the gruffalo (Robbie Coltrane).
Featuring the voicework of legends such as John Hurt, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson and Rob Brydon, this is another joy.
Both films are around half an hour long and it feels like not a second is wasted.
Young kids and adults will love them.
Reasons to watch: An enchanting double-bill
Reasons to avoid: Why go to cinema when it is on TV?
Laughs: Three
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 8/10
Did you know? Julia Donaldson occasionally wrote songs for BBC's children's programmes and in 1991 Donaldson was contacted by Methuen Publishing to ask if the words of "A Squash and a Squeeze", written for Playboard in 1975, could be made into a picture book for children. It was the springboard to her writing career.
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