Not exact matches
The result is neither moving nor
charming — not to mention particularly funny to
viewers over the
age of ten — and the lackluster work
of the B - level star cast (which also includes Arquette-less Courteney Cox and Andie MacDowell) makes one further yearn for the days
of animated features starring bonafide voice actors.
Now, almost 60 years later — and despite an occasional reliance on matte shots that, depending on whom you ask, either a) remind
viewers of the film's
age or b) lend it a certain nostalgic
charm — it all still stands up as a highly entertaining and wonderfully suspenseful example
of a filmmaker taking obvious pleasure in toying with his audience.
Subject-wise, it goes from
charming animals, including a horse that barely fits inside the painting's rectangle and a friendly - looking monkey, to text - based works, which include a sketch
of a sailboat done by the artist's grandfather, and a drawing and story written by her middle - school -
aged son when he was bored, arranged across five freestanding panels and only readable when the
viewer stands in the right place.