In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Saturday 15 February 2014

Strings (2004)

There’s a theory that all stories that can be told have already been told and all we can do now is find new ways of telling them. The story in Strings isn't very unique but the telling is. It’s a fantasy movie about a world divided, acted out by puppets with visible strings. They’re visible for a reason: they’re a part of the world. If your Head-String is cut you die.
The puppeteers manage to elicit a lot of believable emotion out of the sculpted characters; they’re less wooden than many Hollywood actors.
The imagination and sense of wonder on display is magical. Unfortunately, I only had the English language version available, otherwise it might have scored higher.

3 entanglements out of 5

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