Film198580 min

The Black Cauldron

Name: The Black Cauldron
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 1985
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt

Taste attributes: adventureanimationfamilyactionmonster/alien/supernaturalmyth/fairytaleteenanimalsfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcoming of agefighting evilsocial commentary

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"Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it."

Boxlist takeHeightened and wholesome: a very fast animated family film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

6.5/10

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

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