Burst: 9

I went to the movies with my son and wife.  It was a spur of the moment kind of thing so we didn't know what was showing.  That is usually a difficult proposition, since we then have to find a movie that is sufficiently entertaining for everyone on the spot or risk civil war.  Most of the time there are movies that are entertaining for adults or movies that are entertaining for kids, but every once in a while a movie comes along that is entertaining for both.  9 is one of them.

It is clear that this movie, dark and somber, in the vein of The Nightmare Before Christmas, was a labor of love and as such it makes finding fault with it difficult for me.  It is so much harder to make something than it is to tear it apart, and honestly I do not find much fault in this movie.  While it is not perfect, it is well crafted and the story moves along nicely.  The animation, especially the scorched-earth battlefield shots reminiscent of the trenches of WWI, is seamless and beautiful.

It is incredibly sad that this movie released on September 9, 2009 made its way here only a couple of weeks ago.  If only there had been some space in the the miniscule movie theaters operated by Caribbean Cinemas to have the movie open when it was originally released.