Animal Farm

ANIMAL FARM (1954) - Feb. 3, 2004
A somewhat mediocre cartoonization of George Orwell's classic "Animal Farm." The animation, which is very well done, is probably the highlight (though the tape I saw wasn't the best quality). The story remains reasonably faithful to Orwell's original book, however, the choice to make the movie essentially sans-dialogue (aside from the narrator) sort of takes away a lot of what made the book so good. As well, the tacked-on happy ending defeats the purpose of the whole thing. **1/2