The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 Animated

Drama, Animated
4 stars
Good, but not as good as last year’s Animated Shorts. Today, 3/10, is the last day this is showing at the Landmark theaters, but the official website says they’re available on iTunes: http://www.shortsinternational.com/ and it looks like they all have previews on youtube.com. France’s “Madagascar” was interesting about burial rituals, but not all that great. “Let’s Pollute” from the USA started cute but became depressing. England’s “The Gruffalo” was a cute children’s story with an all-star cast. Disney’s “Night & Day” was my favorite and I’ve seen it before, I’m pretty sure it was shown before Toy Story 3. The Oscar winner “The Lost Thing” from Australia/UK was odd and somewhat somber. There were two non-nominee “notables”; one from Germany called “Urs” that was rather sad; and one from the USA “The Cow Who Wanted to be a Hamburger” from Bill Plympton that was cute.