An entire country of forgotten toys exists in the attic in this stunningly creative movie out of the Czech Republic. The main trio (a bear, a knight puppet, and a clay man with a bottle cap hat) seek to rescue their friend, a doll, from the Land of Evil, which is ruled by a absolutely terrifyingly head statue of a vaguely Communisty dude in Kim Jong Il sunglasses. He has a personality to match and is surrounded by minions of bugs, rotting vegetables, and an disembodied eye that slithers all over the attic with the help of what looks like a vacuum cleaner tube. This is NOT Toy Story. It was by turns absolutely horrifying and fascinating, and while there was certainly some peeking between the fingers watching, not one child, from the sensitive 6-year-old to the fearless 2-year-old, left the room. They huddled in a pile and were riveted by the seemingly endless creativity of these bold film-makers. The use of garbage bags to create an ocean and pillows to create clouds were the children's favorites.
See it. Just don't blame me if your dreams turn out kinda wild that night.
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