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• Greg S

  
  An infertile couple pretend a tree stump is a baby, but trouble arises when it comes to life and needs to be fed. The laughs are as twisted as the gnarled roots little Otik uses to grab his dinner in this black comedy adaptation of a European folktale with hints of horror and flecks… More
  An infertile couple pretend a tree stump is a baby, but trouble arises when it comes to life and needs to be fed. The laughs are as twisted as the gnarled roots little Otik uses to grab his dinner in this black comedy adaptation of a European folktale with hints of horror and flecks of surrealism.

• Randy T

  
  Little Shop of Horrors, with a Czech twist. An off-beat (to say the least) rendering of a fanciful fairy tale. Consider this a rave review for a ravenous root. :)

• Arash X

  
  Like merging Lynch's The Grandmother & Eraserhead and making it more straightforward but also more twisted at the same time

• Tsubaki S

  
  Yet another reason for not having kids ever.

• El Hombre I

  
  Little Otik is one strange film, conceived and executed with some really fun stop-motion effects. The strongest section of the film has a psychological intensity that builds horrifically. Jan Svankmajer's Little Otik, like Eraserhead, is one of those indescribable films that… More
  Little Otik is one strange film, conceived and executed with some really fun stop-motion effects. The strongest section of the film has a psychological intensity that builds horrifically. Jan Svankmajer's Little Otik, like Eraserhead, is one of those indescribable films that is as disturbing and dark as it is revolutionary. The story is crazy. The acting is good. The visual images are almost groundbreaking. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view¤t=littleotikpic.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/littleotikpic.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Ross C

  
  Dark Czech fairy tale about a couple who long for a child so much that they go crazy and produce a monster. It would be a disturbing horror movie if not for the comical stop-motion animation. Not very engrossing.

• Cindy I

  
  Based on a Scandanavian children's story, but more Roald Dahl than Dr. Seuss. Kinda comedic, but in a twisted way. A strange story about a log of wood that the infertile "parents" treat as a real child. It eventually comes alive and eats all the neighbors, getting… More
  Based on a Scandanavian children's story, but more Roald Dahl than Dr. Seuss. Kinda comedic, but in a twisted way. A strange story about a log of wood that the infertile "parents" treat as a real child. It eventually comes alive and eats all the neighbors, getting larger with each meal. The mother treating this hunk of wood like a real child, including breastfeeding it, is as creepy as it is bizarre. A darker but similar film to Little Shop of Horrors.

• Luke B

  
  A fantastically original and twisted film. A husband gives his wife a stump to care for as a joke, but it soon comes alive and starts eating people. Surreal but enjoyable. This small horror/comedy is a rare treat.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Little Otik," Bozena(Veronika Zilkova) and Karel(Jan Hartl) are an infertile couple who desperately want a child of their own.(Maybe they could adopt one?) To console his wife, Karel carves a doll out of a tree trunk near their cottage which Bozena… More
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Little Otik," Bozena(Veronika Zilkova) and Karel(Jan Hartl) are an infertile couple who desperately want a child of their own.(Maybe they could adopt one?) To console his wife, Karel carves a doll out of a tree trunk near their cottage which Bozena starts treating like a real baby. Then, she announces her pregnancy to her neighbors...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]I remember hearing that "Eraserhad" was about David Lynch's trepidation at becoming a father for the first time. And I was thinking about that while watching Jan Svankmajer's "Little Otik." And certainly in Otik's growth and transformation, I could see definite signs of a parents' fears of starting a family. In the end, this is a dark fairy tale done in an imaginative way especially the mother of all hysterical pregnancies.[/font]

• Edward S

  
  Could have been a fantastic, innovative film if not for a "protagonist" so despicable and revolting that I spent half the film wishing for the nosy, disrespectful, spoiled little brat's demise (the little girl.)

• Marion R

  
  I am sure there is an audience out there for this type of film, but I just wasn't it. Didn't care for it, plus I felt it was really long.

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