Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal review – animated fable is shorn of excitement | The Guardian

By Survivability News Editor On Aug 6, 2020 - 11:00 116

The anthropomorphic animals from 2016 are back despite public demand in a well-meaning but tame family film A hair of the dog that no one ordered, here’s a sequel to the ropey Russian family animation Sheep and Wolves, in which predator and prey learned to live together in happy-clappy vegetarian harmony. Not improving much on the original, the new film is unimaginatively scripted with dull characters and second-rate animation – the wolves’ plasticky manes are as realistic as a Primark fur coat. Related: How coronavirus has animated one section of the film industry Continue reading…

The anthropomorphic animals from 2016 are back despite public demand in a well-meaning but tame family film

A hair of the dog that no one ordered, here’s a sequel to the ropey Russian family animation Sheep and Wolves, in which predator and prey learned to live together in happy-clappy vegetarian harmony. Not improving much on the original, the new film is unimaginatively scripted with dull characters and second-rate animation – the wolves’ plasticky manes are as realistic as a Primark fur coat.