Robin Robin (2021)

Directed by

Daniel Ojari, Michael Please

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, musical film, family film, Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

32 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 221 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young robin raised by a family of mice wants to prove she belongs. She tries to steal a shiny star from a human house to be a proper thief like them.

whimsicalheartfeltgentlewarmplayfulcozyupliftingbittersweet

What happens

Robin Robin is a 2021 animated musical short film produced by Aardman Animations. Directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, and written by Ojari, Please, and Sam Morrison, the film stars the voices of Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, and Adeel Akhtar. It follows a young robin who seeks to prove her worth to her adoptive mice family by stealing a shiny star from a human house. In November 2019, Aardman and Netflix announced they would co-produce a half-hour animated special Robin Robin, with Dan Ojari and Mikey Please attached as directors and writers, and Sam Morisson as an additional writer. Filming began in 2020 and unlike prior Aardman stop-motion projects, the film use needle felting instead of plasticine. The Bookshop Band's Ben Please and Beth Porter composed the score, with directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please doing the lyrics for the songs. Robin Robin was released on Netflix on November 24 2021. It received generally positive reviews and received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 8 reviews from critics and nominations for several awards including Best Animated Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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