This short animated film by Bill Plympton is very cute--with lots of laughs as well. It's all about the life of some trees and is broken into lots of little vignettes--most of which are pretty funny and involve sex or violence ("yay sex and violence!!"). I really don't want to talk about these little episodes, as it would spoil the cartoon.
Speaking of "spoil the cartoon", the ending really didn't work for me, though I still recommend you see the film. That's because although Plympton is known for his outrageous and often sick humor, the ending is amazingly schmaltzy and comes out of the blue. I don't want sentimentality from Plympton--I want his usual edge.
As far as the animation goes, it's the usual you'd find in one of Plympton's shorts--lots of nice colored pencil drawings and a very pleasing and distinct look.
Speaking of "spoil the cartoon", the ending really didn't work for me, though I still recommend you see the film. That's because although Plympton is known for his outrageous and often sick humor, the ending is amazingly schmaltzy and comes out of the blue. I don't want sentimentality from Plympton--I want his usual edge.
As far as the animation goes, it's the usual you'd find in one of Plympton's shorts--lots of nice colored pencil drawings and a very pleasing and distinct look.
