The Animation Show (2003)

86% of critics liked it
(29 reviews)
89% of users liked it
(65 ratings)

The Animation Show is an international collection of the world's best animated short films, programmed by co-producers Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt. The Show's annual goal is to bring animated shorts into more proper theaters than any other program in American history. This first year's lineup… More The Animation Show is an international collection of the world's best animated short films, programmed by co-producers Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt. The Show's annual goal is to bring animated shorts into more proper theaters than any other program in American history. This first year's lineup includes several international Academy Award nominees, rare material from Disney, never before seen animation from Hertzfeldt and Judge, and many other surprises.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Genres: Comedy, Animation

On DVD: Jan 16, 2007

Critic Reviews

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
About half of them aren't worth the effort that plainly went into them.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
A dizzying array of visual treats.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
An enjoyable collection of 19 animated shorts from around the world.
Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
Contains the most varied line-up of films you're likely to see in theaters at the moment.
Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly
Exhibits a weakness that's typical of such outings: Its eager young contributors don't have nearly enough ideas of a narrative nature to justify their tedious displays of technical virtuosity.
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Features more 'exclusive' shorts than the previous year's version. And the shorts are more creative, imaginative and dazzlingly animated.
Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
The batting average isn't perfect for these 12 shorts, ... but the best stuff is worth the ticket price.
Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
The Animation Show serves as a corrective to the limited views of what animation is and provides an avenue for worthy short subjects to be seen on a wider scale.
Eric Campos, Film Threat
From the silly, to the beautiful, to the terminally lame and pretentious, there's a little something for every taste here...
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
Consider me hooked.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
A lovely, refined collection that will remind viewers not only of the myriad forms that animated films can take but also of the sheer otherworldliness inherent in the form.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
Think of watching The Animation Show as similar to eating a bag of Jelly Bellies. Some of the time, you get something fantastic and some of the time, you get stuck with a jalapeno or a buttered popcorn.

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