a movie review by Taite (age 11)
The Red Turtle is a movie about a man that gets
shipwrecked on an island, he tries to escape by building rafts but something
keeps destroying it. He finds out that it was a red turtle which came on land
to lay eggs the man gets angry and hits and turns over the turtle to slowly die
as it can’t get to water. The red turtle dies but then reappears as a woman. He
falls in love with her. They have a child and the film follows these characters
till the man’s death. He remains on the island with no further desire to leave-
yet his own child eventually leaves with three other turtles to see the world.
This movie shows struggles, difficulties, happy
moments, ups and downs and many more emotions. Although there is no talking in
this movie the pictures still give a magnificent understanding of the
characters and their emotions, so little can still be enough.
The design wasn’t like an anime even thought it
was made by an animation company that made another well-known anime film Totoro (Studio Ghibli). The imagery was focused on
nature, while telling the story. There are very few close up shots.
This movie was sad as when the tsunami hit they
experienced difficulty and a sad moment of their home land being lost and got
severe injuries. At one moment I thought the father was going to die.
I think this movie is recommended for people
from 9+ and for people that have patience. Some people around me thought it
moved too slowly,but I was happy with the pace. This is a dramatic poetic
arthouse film with a bit of romance for all ages over 9.
My rating is 4.5 out of 5
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