I just read the previous review and I couldn't agree more.
A remarkably well-written and drawn film: moving, poetic, intelligent and luminous! A wonderful time shared with my family. All the themes that allow children to grow up by asking themselves the right questions are covered in this animated film: true friendship, father-and-son relationship, lies, choices, trust, betrayal, love and death...
I think children might be upset - like we may have been upset as children by so many movies (The NeverEnding Story, Spirited Away, Grave of The Fireflies, Dark Crystal, Dumbo or Bambi...), but the positive effect is that as we grew up, and as children will grow up, those experiences and adventures will remain, because we definitely can identify with Asterion, or Daedalus, or Icarus... It's a wonderful way to build strong and mature opinions, or empathy, and our sense of justice...
« Icare » is just not patronising in the least and offers meaning on different levels for audiences of all ages. It is so rare that it deserves mention. In that sense, this animated film delicately thumbs its nose at some Disney/Pixar productions.
I was and still am very moved by the beauty that comes from the animation itself, the colors and the music.
And I encourage all parents to show their children this brilliant retelling of several Greek myths. Some dialogues between Icarus and Asterion still resound in me...
My son even asked for an Asterion plush!
Too bad it doesn't exist... Yet!
