Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "The Street" is a 1976 animated short film from Canada and sometimes it feels to me that occasionally the National Film Board of Canada could do whatever they wanted and still got an Oscar nomination. These 10 minutes here also got in at the Academy Awards, but (luckily) lost to another movie. The good thing about this one here is the basic plot idea. Grandma is old and going to die soon and her grandson was promised to get her room when she is deceased. So the boy can't really wait for the day. It is a bit tragic, but it is also realistic I guess. Sadly, what they made of this story in detail is fairly underwhelming and honestly, I couldn't care less. This is especially bad as this movie certainly had the ingredients to deliver from a tragic perspective that touches you. It did not. I also did not like the animation style, but that is just personal preference. Overall, I give it a thumbs-down. Don't watch.

MartinHafer This short film financed by The Canadian Film Board was about, I assume, the writer's childhood and his recollection about his grandmother and her eventual death. While I'm sure many will find this film profound, I was left feeling a bit disappointed. Instead of meaning, the movie left me with the opposite, as instead of celebrating the life of the grandmother, she seemed to be more of a burden than anything else to everyone in the family but her devoted daughter. Perhaps others ascribed more meaning to it than this, but this left me very sad. In this sense, the film was good but certainly far from a "feel good film"! As far as the technical merits go, I liked the style of the narration but found the animation itself not all that interesting. A decent film but that's really about all.

Robert Reynolds This short, nominated for an Academy Award, (I'm surprised it lost, though I've never seen the winner, as far as I know) is a funny, sad, sweet look at life through the eyes of a child growing up in Canada. An excellent adaptation (by the author) of a story by Mordecai Richter and yet another feather in the NFBC's cap. Caroline Leaf is a marvelous director and this is one of her best. Most recommended.

Tito-8 Thanks to a well-told story, believable characters, and a highly unusual look, I can certainly recommend this solid Canadian short. If you're looking for Disney-like animation, you will be sorely disappointed, but the crude paintings fit the film well, and the story moved along at a fast enough pace to keep me interested. This isn't one of the National Film Board's best features, but it was still enjoyable, and it is worth a look if you ever come across it.