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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Michael Ordoña

Animated short nominees get surreal, gentle, meta and very, very personal

A near-death ballet. The virtues of vulnerability. The surreal, the meta ... and the sublime clumsiness of the young and horny. The 2023 Oscar-nominated shorts have all this and more.

"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse"

The gentle journey of "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" stays true to the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year-winning children's volume by co-director Charlie Mackesy. It emulates his delicate ink-and-watercolor images, but most important, key characteristics of the Boy looking for a home (and the animals representing aspects of his personality) shine through.

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