A not-for-children CG 'toon that isn't suited for grown-ups, either, the Danish import The Trouble With Terkel follows its title character through a high-school crisis involving death threats, bullying and almost unbelievably bad musical numbers. Amateurish on many levels and at some point seeming to have been made up on the spot (which would be quite a feat for animation), the collaboration between directors Thorbjorn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark is a strong contender for the year's worst film, and not in a fun way. Distributors say it is expanding into additional theaters in its second week of release — not...
- 2/7/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Special Report: Less Is Norse
Forget angst-filled melodrama and intimate sociological sketches, this year at Cannes some of the hottest Scandinavian titles could feature cute talking critters against computer-generated backdrops.
Scandi animation has been one of the industry's best-kept secrets. For years, such boutique operations as Denmark's A. Film, Norway's Storm Studios or Iceland's Caoz built a solid reputation for delivering top-end CGI on a budget. But it is only recently that animation made in Oslo, Reykjavik or Copenhagen has broken out of national niches to make it on the international marketplace.
Two of the biggest international hits out of Scandinavia last year were animated: the Finnish Christmas hit "Niko and the Way to the Stars," which sold to about 100 countries, including the Weinstein Co. in the U.S., and Sweden's "Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms," a sort of "Saturday Night Fever" for the invertebrate set that has been picked up by nearly 60 countries.
Forget angst-filled melodrama and intimate sociological sketches, this year at Cannes some of the hottest Scandinavian titles could feature cute talking critters against computer-generated backdrops.
Scandi animation has been one of the industry's best-kept secrets. For years, such boutique operations as Denmark's A. Film, Norway's Storm Studios or Iceland's Caoz built a solid reputation for delivering top-end CGI on a budget. But it is only recently that animation made in Oslo, Reykjavik or Copenhagen has broken out of national niches to make it on the international marketplace.
Two of the biggest international hits out of Scandinavia last year were animated: the Finnish Christmas hit "Niko and the Way to the Stars," which sold to about 100 countries, including the Weinstein Co. in the U.S., and Sweden's "Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms," a sort of "Saturday Night Fever" for the invertebrate set that has been picked up by nearly 60 countries.
- 5/12/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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