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- 2015
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 13 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 13 m
Directed By: Raul Garcia
Written By: Edgar Allan Poe, Stéphan Roelants, Raul Garcia
- 2015
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 13 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- GKIDS
- 1 h 13 m
Extraordinary Tales
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6.6
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Directed By: Raul Garcia
Written By: Edgar Allan Poe, Stéphan Roelants, Raul Garcia
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Harnessing a range of appropriately spooky-oddball narrators and striking visual styles — including graphic novels, early photography and Expressionist painting — the Spanish director and animator Raul Garcia simultaneously honors and reimagines.
Like "A Cat in Paris" or "Sita Sings the Blues," Extraordinary Tales reminds viewers that animation can enable an artist to realize an individual vision, even on a limited budget.
Each of the shorts has a markedly different visual approach, and they feel radically distinct in terms of pacing and editing as well. In spite of the common source material and tone of oppressive psychological horror, these shorts feel like they could be the work of five different people.
Both the source material and the man reading it are legendary. And that inherent cool factor in Extraordinary Tales carries the final product a very long way, although its shortcomings do sometimes force me to wonder if it could have been a masterpiece instead of a mere curiosity.
Perhaps Poe’s tone poses a problem; the edge-of-hysteria voice does not hold up well over the course of a feature-length film.
It offers a CliffsNotes encapsulation of Edgar Allen Poe's most enduring works for viewers unacquainted with them.
Animator Raul Garcia’s 70-minute anthology of five Poe stories, Extraordinary Tales, has its moments, and will be a welcome respite for any middle schooler sitting through a boring lecture. But if we were ever asked if we wanted a second viewing, we’d have to quoth the raven: nevermore.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.6
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.6
56% Positive
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Awards
Annie Awards
• 2 Nominations
Luxembourg City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
