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Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

George Orwell's politics were always front and centre

George Orwell's politics were always front and centre of his work, but never more so, I reckon, than with this adaptation from Halas & Batchelor. It all starts in the farm where the farmer is a bit of a waste of space. Usually in the pub whilst the animals - pigs, horses, chickens, geese - are routinely neglected and left unfed. The "Old Major" calls a meeting to organise a plan of action, but he goes off to the big sty in the sky (not that Orwell would have believed in such a place) and that leaves "Snowball" in charge and they decide to quite entertainingly depose the useless farmer and do things by themselves. They even have their own form of constitution declaring equality, fraternity and - one may not eat the other, nor sleep in a bed! Their Elysian scenario prevails for a while but soon another insurrection looms in the form of "Napoleon" who sees their leader as weak and ineffectual. A coup ensues and gradually we see the emergence of a first amongst equals policy, then rules are arbitrarily altered, ostensibly for the good of the community then, yep - we are back with an overt dictatorship that spawns ideas of a little revolution now and again is a good thing. There are obvious parallels here with the decline of Imperial Russia (or even Bourbon France) being followed by a series of increasingly less benign dictators, and of the ultimate realisation that when you give people power, they will always want more. The animation uses the different animals to show strength - of body and/or will, well and the narration serves as a gentle tramline for what we can all see is the writing in the sand. Hierarchies clearly aren't just an human thing.

Reviewed by Platypuschow 7 / 10

Animal Farm: Hard but great viewing

I read George Orwells classic about 20yrs ago but was quite frankly devastated by it. For that reason I had no interest in watching any film adaptation but recently gave in.Animal Farm is as relevant today as the day it was written and perhaps for that reason it is very difficult viewing.For those unaware the entire story is an allegory for the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.It tells the story of the overworked animals on a farm who turn on their human master and make it their own only to watch the same thing happen again when one of the pigs becomes the very thing they had revolted against.The animation style is that of the early Disney cartoons, it's over the top wacky and charming. The trouble is even though the movie is heavily comical and jovial it has several very alarming scenes and a very unnerving under current throughout.Animal Farm is great viewing and devastatingly relevant across the world,if you're reading this then you are almost certainly experiencing it whether an overworked animal or maybe even a pig.I rate Animal Farm a tad low perhaps, not because of the quality of content but purely because it's so hard hitting and not in a good way.The Good: Charming animation style In places very sweet Extremely well written and narrated Powerful social commentary The Bad: Very difficult viewing Things I Learnt From This Movie: The animators went out of their way to make every humans nose look ridiculous Mankind can make a movie to reflect society and how downtrodden most are, but still won't acknowledge it enough to act

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Animal Farm

1954

Action / Animation / Drama

Animal Farm

1954

Action / Animation / Drama

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George Orwell's politics were always front and centre

Animal Farm: Hard but great viewing

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