Dreams

The theme is identical to inside out movie but the story is different. Good concept. Nice animation and the climax of the movie is satisfying.

Teen learns lucid dreaming and with help from machine elves hypnotizes family members, terrifying concept when you think about it, i kinda liked it, could have gone deeper though it's almost coraline in ways too.

The animation is good. Not as good as a todays Pixar or Dreamworks movie but pretty damn good for a Danish production whose budget is definitely much lower. Major flaws are in facial expressions and in body movements. Ok, they are portraying Danish folks and as that you cannot expect Mediterranean expressions so this is not much of a problem (ok, I am joking but I am allowed to say that 'cause I lived 3 yy in Copenhagen and I love Danskerne).

As for the story it is a revisitation of something already seen but in a very different flavor. The idea could be something a Monster & Co but the development is totally new, to my knowledge.

1 star more than actually deserved because of the effort and the result totally lacking the unbearable attitude of todays American Studios, full of politically correct garbage and hidden (actually not so hidden) ideological inputs (see the fact that it is NOW impossible to have white characters even if the animation movie is set in France during Middle Age, see the very last Live Action Beauty and the beast).

I really enjoy when movies are better than what I expected, and this movie seemed a lot more silly, and ended up being a tale about broken people who are being mean because of their traumas learning to emphitize with the other, and also, Minna falls into one of the greatest mistakes a human can have: trying to change someone else, it's clear that her attempts didn't fully worked, and she went from zero to psycho in a matter of hours because of this idea, and the movie clearly tells you that this is not correct, however, I don't like that the movie didn't point out how John is bad father for not supporting or listening to his daughter instead of just telling her to put on a "happy hat" after changing her whole life by bringing an uneducated girl who can't seem to conceal stuff, not even leaving a bed.

For a kids movie this may seem to have quite the scary things inside. But I do think they can handle this. Maybe not those who have Arachnophobia (fear of spiders, the unnatural quite heightened one) - but everyone else should be ok. And the story could actually be from a Pixar movie. I was positively surprised by that to say the least.

The animation of course is not up to that task, but that should not be too much of a bother. I really loved it - not sure how the dubbed versions of this work. I imagine that most will watch this in their native language dubbed - and that probably isn't the original audio track. So I can't really give you any insight on that side of the movie - but the heart of it (the story) is really one that is well thought of! The characters are also very nicely drawn ... even our main character has her flaws. And its nice to see female/girl characters getting their time to shine - without it being too much of a story "thing"!