A Close Shave
Taste attributes: animationcomedyfamilyanimalsfresh & originalwholesomeimaginaryenclosedemotive & stirring
Boxlist takeHeightened and warm-hearted: an original animated family film, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Wallace falls in love with wool-shop owner Wendolene, not suspecting that she (or rather, her dog) is at the head of a fiendish sheep-rustling plot. Gromit is set up and jailed, but his new-found sheepish friend is determined to give Wallace a helping hand in finding out the real truth.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
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Cast
Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Aardman Animations
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
