It doesn't start out as if it will be anything extraordinary. The voice work is good, the story is good and it's basically a very charming and entertaining short. This is based on a children's book and was adapted by the author. There will be mild spoilers ahead: This short is, at first glance, nothing special. This short has been nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short. I would urge everyone to watch it with a 3-4 year old! The story, the animation, the VO, the characters and especially the music is just the most lovely of combinations.
Room on the broom movie tv#
As a parent, you won't find a better 25 minutes of TV for your little ones. You can't beat every morning waking up to "Momma, I want to watch the witch". They now see the foreshadowing of the mushrooms, the individual characters of the animals and instead of having only a few laugh out loud moments, after multiple viewings, they laugh out loud many times throughout with little comments thrown in. They understood not wanting to give up your seat, the kindness of the witch, how it's hard to have new friends sometimes, and that working together brings us all closer. They could actually watch it without worry and understand the story instead of "scary dragon gonna eat people". They had time to read facial expressions! And best of all, the dragon wasn't too scary. It didn't move too fast so there was time for questions and answers as things were happening on the screen. So we ended up one day with this short on our TV. Their TV is usually about 22-30 min in the morning while we drink coffee and check our email etc. These boys don't get a lot of TV and especially not TV movies- Disney is still too scary and they just don't get most of it, so no Disney. Like most, the holidays had wrecked and exhausted us so we sat down as a family to watch TV. I am the mom of two 3 year old boys who see themselves climbing mountains, racing motorcycles, putting out fires and driving excavators daily. They yearn for a certain type of clever, complication and pace. I find it amusing when adults review a piece meant for children. And I imagine that child, adult or family will feel the same. In conclusion, I loved it and found it hard to deny its charm. I will say thought that Timothy Spall is not quite as good, and this has nothing to do with his voicing actually at all, he does give his all to make the most of it, but more that his character doesn't quite off as well as the rest. Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson, David Walliams, Sally Hawkins and Martin Clunes voice their characters wonderfully.
Simon Pegg of course stands out in restrained but dynamic mode as the narrator though he also has freedom to have some droll moments as well. They are also written respecting those of the book and written in a way that doesn't make them childish to an adult yet also easy for the children to understand. The dialogue has similar rhyming rhythms, in how poetic, gentle and bouncing-like they are, to those of The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child. The witch was especially true to this, and all the critters are very cute without being overly-so. Again, like the story they are simple but all the better for it. As for the characters, they are engaging and likable. Despite the short running time, Room on the Broom never felt rushed. The story is very charming and heart-warming with some touching moments, true it is simple but considering the target audience and the book itself, of which Room on the Broom is remarkably faithful to this was appropriate. Thankfully the story and characters are done very well indeed on their own. It is not just the quality of it that impresses, it is also to do with how much it does in defining the characters and story which I found incredibly compelling to watch. Detailed and vibrantly coloured, I loved the balance between hand-drawn and computer-generated animation, meaning that anybody who is fond of either style(admittedly I am more a hand-drawn person myself) will find Room on the Broom a treat. The animation on the other hand is just wonderful.
Timothy Spall does voice him very well though, even if it is somewhat different to the roles I associate him with. There is very little to criticise actually here, but while the dragon is very charismatic- some may say too much so- I did feel that he wasn't quite scary enough considering the type of character he is. While I did like but was disappointed in The Snowman and the Snowdog of the animated short films(especially as I adore the original so much) I got so much pleasure from Room on the Broom as I did with The Gruffalo and its sequel from previous years. As always, Christmas was an interesting time of year for TV programmes and films as there are always some treasures and some disappointments.
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