From the studio that brought us the
delightful ‘The Gruffalo’ has scored another hit with yet another short
animation, complete with Narrator (Simon Pegg) who talks in rhyme. The story is
basic yet charming, a witch and her cat keep accidently dropping items from
their broom while flying. The items are recovered by a different animal who
joins them on the journey. The complexity ends there. Dialogue is sparse and
the delightful animation does a tremendous job of highlighting each new
characters personality. Due to an appetite for witches, the group is followed
and confronted by a hungry dragon during the climax, but this acts only as mild
structure to prevent the entire short from becoming meandering in tone. While
not quite as good as The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom is still a success that
can be adored by the entire family.
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