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The Critic (1963)

The Critic poster
Directed by
Ernest Pintoff
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
4 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An old man sits in a movie theater and loudly comments on an abstract animated film. His confused and curmudgeonly remarks criticize the art form he does not understand.

satiricalwrybitingwhimsicalsharpobservationalabsurd

What happens

The Critic is an American 1963 short animated film by Ernest Pintoff and Mel Brooks. It won the Oscar for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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