Co-directors Richard Phelan and Will Becher crafted a fun animation that carries equal enjoyment for children and adults alike. The animators did a truly superb job. The cogent story is supported by a fitting soundtrack - but unusually, uses no words, thus satisfying children of any nationality regardless of their language who may follow events.
The drift is sheep or mainly one sheep in particular, of unlimited Mensa sheep-level intelligence stumbles across a cute blue blob of an alien from outer space. The nervous little alien hiding from view cautiously befriends our heroic sheep and together they set off on a singleminded quest to return the alien back home - before the sinister 'Ministry of Alien Detection' tracks down the blob! Yes, it's faintly reminiscent of ET.
Many incidents along the way involving slapstick humour, enterprising farmers, unsuspecting sewage painters, voyeurs, fly-posters, emotional robots, and various hard-to-explain assorted others, not forgetting the homesick alien itself will keep children glued to the screen and entertained, while movie-buff adults with longer memories will appreciate subtle passing references borrowed from sy-fi classics such as: Dr Who; Close Encounters of a Third Kind; and 2001 A Space Odessy. A slick soundtrack weaves in Richard Strauss' Blue Danube, and his much loved Zara Thrusta theme used by NASA.
Verdict? Seamless fun from beginning to end. Even the end credits are funny. An animation definitely worth seeing. 10/10.
The drift is sheep or mainly one sheep in particular, of unlimited Mensa sheep-level intelligence stumbles across a cute blue blob of an alien from outer space. The nervous little alien hiding from view cautiously befriends our heroic sheep and together they set off on a singleminded quest to return the alien back home - before the sinister 'Ministry of Alien Detection' tracks down the blob! Yes, it's faintly reminiscent of ET.
Many incidents along the way involving slapstick humour, enterprising farmers, unsuspecting sewage painters, voyeurs, fly-posters, emotional robots, and various hard-to-explain assorted others, not forgetting the homesick alien itself will keep children glued to the screen and entertained, while movie-buff adults with longer memories will appreciate subtle passing references borrowed from sy-fi classics such as: Dr Who; Close Encounters of a Third Kind; and 2001 A Space Odessy. A slick soundtrack weaves in Richard Strauss' Blue Danube, and his much loved Zara Thrusta theme used by NASA.
Verdict? Seamless fun from beginning to end. Even the end credits are funny. An animation definitely worth seeing. 10/10.
