staring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili
It is not your regular kind of Hollywood animation. It is different, the characters are all angular, there is veritably no dialogue, and the story is largely through music and incomprehensible murmerings. And yet the flock of sheep that have a black face and creamish fur find their way into your heart as they step into the big city lights to find their compatriot and then manage to return home without much of a dent in their group.
The humour, the hilarity, the cuteness and the warmth take this adult-child film to places not many others go. Without dialogues you may think it would turn a bit too silent and monotonous. But the good use of gestures and expressions more than makes up for the vocal silence and fills in so completely that you forget that there should have been some human talking by these animals too.
Some of the humour may get a bit too subtle for kids but the film is for all ages. And the best thing about itIJ Well, it does not linger, 85 minutes and you are ready to go home in a happy mood. Not a bad idea to take a leisure day off to spend time with Shaun.