Adam Elliot's first in a sort of trilogy of family shorts done in the same gray, warm style tells the story of his uncle's life with the same sort of humor and care that he later consummated with Brother. This story shows his uncle's life and decisions after his wife died, and how he tries to hide from the family how lonely he is.
It's not crafted different from Brother and Cousin, which means anyone who likes one of them will probably like the others. I really like Uncle, it reminds me of the type of stories people used to tell when sitting in the living room after a funeral, where they're not necessarily depressed but warmly grieving a lost loved one. Adam Elliot's little family trilogy is one of the most heart-felt animation I've ever seen, and it almost makes a lot of other cinema seem flippant and unimportant to what can be done when one really cares.
--PolarisDiB
It's not crafted different from Brother and Cousin, which means anyone who likes one of them will probably like the others. I really like Uncle, it reminds me of the type of stories people used to tell when sitting in the living room after a funeral, where they're not necessarily depressed but warmly grieving a lost loved one. Adam Elliot's little family trilogy is one of the most heart-felt animation I've ever seen, and it almost makes a lot of other cinema seem flippant and unimportant to what can be done when one really cares.
--PolarisDiB