The King and the Mockingbird

Name: The King and the Mockingbird
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Animation, Family
Released: November 21, 2014
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 87

2014

METASCORE

Universal acclaim based on 14 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Ratings

See All

8.0

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

8.0	Your Score
8.0	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Movie Details & Credits

Rialto Pictures | Release Date: November 21, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Paul Grimault and Jacques Prévert began work on this story of a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king in 1947, but a rights dispute stopped production, and it was released unfinished by its producer, without Grimault and Prévert's permission. Grimault spent 10 years getting the rights back and another 20 raisingPaul Grimault and Jacques Prévert began work on this story of a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king in 1947, but a rights dispute stopped production, and it was released unfinished by its producer, without Grimault and Prévert's permission. Grimault spent 10 years getting the rights back and another 20 raising the money to finish the film as he and Prévert had envisioned it. It was finally finished and released in 1979, a few weeks after Prévert's death. Though it has been a favorite of French audiences for 35 years, it has long been unavailable in the U.S. due to rights issues. [Rialto Pictures]… Expand

Director: Paul Grimault

Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Animation, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

Farran Smith Nehme

Nov 19, 2014

The surreal images, offbeat jokes and pointed human-rights allegory make this an altogether different experience from most American animation. It’s dreamy, poetic and not to be missed. Read full review

100

Time Out London Alex Dudok de Wit

Apr 9, 2014

Lyrical, satirical and hugely entertaining, it deserves a wider audience. Read full review

100

Jamie Graham

Nov 18, 2014

A masterpiece of animation and imagination. Read full review

Sean Nam

Nov 19, 2014

If the film were to propose a mandate for animation, it would be what the medium's etymology has longed suggested: to make the inanimate full of life. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Nov 21, 2014

A digitally restored version arrives in spectacular fashion with its mixture of bold imagery and biting wit. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Nov 20, 2014

In its humor, its fairy tale origins and the characters’ rounded features, it plays more like a vintage Disney work, only nimbler and freer. Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

Nov 18, 2014

There’s beautiful visual and verbal comedy, and the film has the creative spontaneity of a dream, foreshadowing Spirited Away (it influenced Miyazaki). However, the lack of momentum and focus may end up boring children, while the English dub actors sound a little stilted. Read full review

SEE ALL 14 REVIEWS

Write a Review

Mixed:

User Reviews

MrRubinshtein

May 12, 2022

Absolute masterpiece. Great surreal story with extremely unique atmosphere in it. Sadly this movie passed through a huge agony of production but it finally made it to our screens. Its an adventure into a surreal world and dreamy looking visuals. It causes some melancholic feelings about itAbsolute masterpiece. Great surreal story with extremely unique atmosphere in it. Sadly this movie passed through a huge agony of production but it finally made it to our screens. Its an adventure into a surreal world and dreamy looking visuals. It causes some melancholic feelings about it but it also burns down on your brain. It has lot of symbolism and interestingly built utopian environment which eventually collapses. Definitely must see.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

SEE ALL 1 REVIEWS