Happiness

It's the most stunning short I've ever seen. Never thought that I would see something that would stalk with me for so long. Pretty much everyone I know has seen it. It's a marvelous little masterpiece that condences in a few minutes the "glorious" modern lifestyle of humankind. We've reached a point in time when we're so full hatred to one another, so depressed, so... unhappy. We can only imagine of a perfect society or so called utopia, but the current "state of the world" still has some work to do to change trajectory and find viable solutions for future generations to come.

In terms of animation, this is easily Steve Cutts's best work. He has drawn thousands of rats with animation which would have taken a few months to draw at least. It is more colourful than any of his other films. The film questions many things including mass mentality and human's greed among other things. The narrative might be confusing but the ending is great.

Story: 9/10. It's not a groundbreaking narrative but it's handled so seamlessly and with an effective sense of humour.

Visuals: 9/10. The animation is very comic-book-like in a good way and makes for very immersive chaos.

Sound: 8/10. Good sound design and choice in classical music.

Inspired by the visual style of 1920s cartoons, this animated short offers a striking commentary on today's society. It paints a disturbingly accurate picture of where we've ended up-highlighting the pressure to chase money whether you're able to or not, the absurd consequences of consumerism (like Black Friday brawls), the relentless rat race in both work and personal life, the effects of overpopulation, and the deepening societal and political divide.

It even touches on the desperate attempts to cope-like consciousness-altering medication-portrayed so ironically that even a rat can feel like Mickey Mouse at Disneyland. Set to Edvard Grieg's classical music, the short beautifully captures what we've become as a society-and it's not necessarily something to be proud of.

So much symbolic and meaningfull.Portrays present world with increasing population and thirst for money