Rent The Red Turtle (2016)
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- Synopsis:
- In a majestic world of intricate hand-drawn textures, a shipwrecked man is found marooned on a desert island. With his attempted escapes thwarted by the stranger and larger-than-life titular red reptile, the man's existence is forever altered when something extraordinary occurs.
- Directors:
- Michael Dudok de Wit
- Producers:
- Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maraval, Grégoire Sorlat, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata
- Voiced By:
- Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, Barbara Beretta
- Writers:
- Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran
- Others:
- Toshio Suzuki
- Aka:
- La tortue rouge
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Children & Family
- Collections:
- Female Filmmakers Who Changed French Cinema, Films by Genre
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/09/2017
- Run Time:
- 80 minutes
- Languages:
- None, nonverbal DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 'The Secrets of The Red Turtle' Featurette
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Reviews (5) of The Red Turtle
Mesmerising animation - The Red Turtle review by Alphaville
Another gorgeous hand-drawn animation from Studio Ghibli, this time from a Dutch director (Michael Dudok de Wit) who understands the medium as Miyazaki did. You’ll never be satisfied with computer-based animation again. It’s about a man shipwrecked on a desert island. Don’t worry that the title makes it seem like a children’s film. The turtle makes only a brief appearance and is merely a plot catalyst. The film is full of adult themes and moving moments, but AVOID THE TELL-ALL TRAILER, which ridiculously condenses the whole 77-minute story into 2 minutes and spoils the several story twists. Why do they do that?
The sets are wonderfully scenic and colourful, with an exceptional quality of light rarely seen in animation. The director also stretches the medium to its fullest, using all kinds of pseudo-camera angles and shots that would not be possible in live-action. In short, it’s a stunning cinematic watch. The DVD also has a fascinating feature that shows the
Artistic, certainly. Exciting, no. - The Red Turtle review by MG
Wow, this really stunk. Major problem is that even though it has a short running time it is still an hour or so too long. In my opinion this would have been better as a short 20-30 min film, a curiosity with some artistic merit but nothing more. Baffling and at times quite boring. Really disappointed in it. Should have rented 'The Secret Life of Pets' instead!
Avoid.
Baffling plot; beautiful animation + music. - The Red Turtle review by PV
This is an odd one. I though it would be a simple fairy story - and I suppose it was but it involved fantasy elements and was baffling, confusing and what was the point of the story exactly? It was like the Blue Lagoon with turtles and magic. Hmmm.
Maybe it was based on some folk tale known in Japan or something? I'd love to know!
But lovely animation for sure - and beautiful music.
Strange but it seems overlong at just over an hour.
Why this was made into a movie, I have no idea. It'd work far batter as a short film.
2 stars for the animation and music. 0 stars for the plot and storytelling!