The Critic (1963)

- 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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