Tito and the Birds

The story works as political allegory but doesn't make much sense on its own terms.

This Brazilian animated feature is an incredibly timely film.

There's a human quality to these visuals, which are pointedly not striving for perfection, but revel instead in supposed defects like smudges, jittery lines, color blotches and distorted proportions.

Makes good use of its combination of oil-paint backgrounds and precise-pencil characters but rather spectacularly fails to stick the landing.

"Tito" manages to make its ideas feel new just as the events of today's world make them feel increasingly relevant.

All elements of the film cohesively create a must-see film about overcoming fear for kids and adults.

Boy fights an epidemic in dark, scary animated tale.

A visually transformative film that will appeal to both young and old alike.

It felt incredibly alive... very tactile, and I loved the score.

It's impossible to dislike the message of this animated effort from Brazil even if it's easy to dislike the often ungainly and heavy-handed way in which it's imparted.