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Creature Comforts (1989)

15/07/1989 (GB)Animation, Comedy, Family5m
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Overview

A humorous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Julie Sedgewick

      Interviewer (voice)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    8.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jan 23, 2025

    I think this is my favourite Aardman animation and it's probably the simplest. The interviewer takes a delightfully comedic ping at the dreaded television "vox pop" by going to a zoo where she interviews an host of the occupants. Some are perfectly happy in their centrally heated, double glazed environment where they are fed and watered regularly, others - like the Brazilian lion need space, more space and then even more space. Oh, and water that he can can drink and swim in! The chickens steal the show for me, especially the two in the background who mimic the wave to the camera thing whist t...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • zoo
    • interview
    • anthropomorphism
    • stop motion
    • animals
    • claymation
    • short film
    • four-mations