Ernest & Celestine

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Kevin P @RT55971421 Dec 10 A very funny and cute story about a friendship between a bear and a mouse. The movie is beautifully animated to look like a storybook, with its simplistic designs and warm & fuzzy watercolors that resemble illustrations in a cozy winter city setting. The character reactions are very expressive and there is very fluid animation with all the characters movements and slapstick. It's excellent visual humor and keeps the pace going at such a fun and fast momentum. The English dub has an amazing cast, with some excellent voice acting from Forrest Whittaker, Pauline Brunner, Nick Offerman, Meghan Mullaney, Paul Giamatti, and Jeffrey Wright. The soundtrack is very gentle and relaxing with its soft jazzy music. Ernest and Celestine's friendship is adorable. Their first encounter was hilarious and their connection over art and being outcasts was touching. The movie is a fun, short, fast-paced adventure with some really charming characters and artwork. Definitely worth a watch for animation fans! See more Henri M @RT17403679 06/21/2025 Un pure chef d'œuvre de subtilité ! Sous la plume de Daniel Pennac (dont je suis fan), ce dessin animé s'adresse aux tous petits mais également aux grands. Merci de nous offrir en France ce que seulement Pixar savait nous donner jusque là. Je l'ai vu avec mes deux garçons et enfin cette heure et demi n'a pas un sacrifice pour le papa. Une vraie leçon de tolérance et d'amitié pour tous... malheureusement toujours d'actualité. See more Logan D @Greynomad38 05/31/2025 A mouse and a bear learn to overcome predjudices and work together and commit some crimes. Outstanding bit of hand drawn animation that is superior to most CGI animations. This film wasn't made. It was crafted with love. Highly recommended. See more PanicMose M @Panicmose 04/16/2025 They're THIEVES! But somehow they are rewarded because they are friends?? The first half was ok. Then they broke into a candy store, broke into a store and busted a safe to steal teeth, stole a car, and ran from the authorities. But let's look past it because they're friends and he was hungry? Let's not. You can't just break into places and steal from others if you're hungry or you need something. But this film implies as long as you're friends with your co-conspirators, it's all good. The stars are for the music. See more Konstantin M @RT21749180 03/23/2025 It's simple, original, and genuinely kind—perfect for family viewing. See more Jay W @RT52162311 12/02/2024 This is such a cute little film. The type of film that will cheer you up if you are in a bad mood. The story is just about how a mouse and a bear become best friends. Celestine, the mouse, lives in an underground mouse village and spends her nights collecting teeth. Ernest is a bear that lives in a Bear village above the mouse village. Through various shenanigans the two end up meeting up, and friendship is made. The animation style perfectly compliments the childlike easy going tone of the film. It is almost like a kid's crayon drawings coming to life, (a kid that knows how to draw of course). The music also compliments the theme of the story, just nice little melodies almost what you would hear from a music box. Along with the music and animation, what is at the heart and soul of this movie is the characters. Ernest and Celestine work very well off of each other, they make for an unlikely pair that you can totally believe as friends. Another thing that helps this movie stand out is the setting. I love the world building they demonstrate through the architecture of the mouse city and bear world. I even love the interactions from the background characters who don't play a big role in the plot. They are just very relatable in their everyday problems. There are some elements that don't quite mash up. This is a very sweet and innocent movie, but at the same time it has some more gruesome scenes. I didn't care for any of the zoom ins on the teeth, I just found those parts more gross than funny. And there are several jokes that didn't land and go on for longer than they should. But other than those nitpicks, I really enjoyed this film. I think that is criminally overlooked. It's a good sweet 2D animated film that not nearly enough people have seen. It puts forth an earnest effort to tell a genuine story, there is no winking at the camera, no sarcasm to it. I found that quite refreshing. Bring family and friends together and give this one watch. See more Read all reviews

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