Beautifully animated and told adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom, plus excellent indie dramas Janet Planet and Shayda, and blandly unimaginative Harold and the Purple Crayon
Directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry. Voices of Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins, Raffey Cassidy, Aaron MacGregor, Ken Watanabe. PG cert, gen release, 85 min
A fine-grained, unhurried study of an admirable parent and her singular daughter. Janet is, yes, the planet around which young Lacy revolves. The film, not overburdened with plot, is much taken up with three visitors to the family’s attractive home over a languorous summer. The post-hippie setting may ask too much of less tolerant viewers, but the female leads create a touchingly plausible central relationship.
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