Spirit of the Forest

This is the first time I've been compelled to review a movie online at all. I just had to so that no one else wasted money on this movie (The company that made it wasted enough for all of us). I only endured this movie because my son said he wanted to finish it to see what happened. Endure is really a tame word. Every 25 seconds or so one of the characters was taking part in a violent act or talking about something violent or murderous. This was interspersed with off-color jokes (none of them remotely funny) and a script that couldn't be written that badly on purpose. The music was sub-par and sappy. The animation was just so-so. On and on.

I like slapstick comedy, creepy violence and off-color humor but this was even unbearable as just me, not the parent me.

The message was really trying to be positive: The residents of the forest band together to try and save it from a money-grubbing human with plans to level the forest and pave a road right through it; but it just failed completely as a whole.

Sorry Ms. Houston, Mr. Astin, Mr. Ribisi and Mr. Perlman this is the worst movie I have ever seen. Also, it is definitely not for children.

I think anyone who rated this above about a 2 must have seen the cast, rented it for their kids and left the room.

My family spent the first ten minutes watching the movie trying to figure out what the blue critter was. No ears, a stubby tail, giant cheeks, and blue. Is it a graphic representation of the "spirit of the forest?" Then how come it's so clumsy and incompetent? Finally one of the characters referenced it by name, oh, it's a gopher. Nope, probably never would have figured that out.

The animation is awful, it looks like the outtakes from another movie, before the final animation layer was applied.

The dialog, or translation of it from the original language, is trite and distractingly odd. I could forgive the occasional weird comment, but the whole movie is a series of weird comments. Several scenes were nearly disgusting or curiously inappropriate, I kept thinking I was going to have to cover my kid's eyes, but then at the last minute it turned and just skirted the edge.

The characters aren't anyone I'd care about, when the two flies were swallowed by a cat, and I was so happy! I wouldn't have to endure them anymore! Unfortunately their adventures continued.

About 45 minutes into the movie my husband and I were finding it so unbearable we paused it to ask the kids if they still wanted to watch. Our 9 year old agreed she didn't like the movie but the 7 year old wanted to see what happened, for about ten more minutes, then she confessed she didn't care either. We watched to the end on x4 speed, which is how I'd recommend watching this movie.

Yes, in the English version the voices are done by a wonderful cast. But that doesn't make up for everything else this movie falls short in.

This sympathetic family adventure shows the exploits of various animals confronting an evil , ambitious woman and how their paths cross over under the shelter of a lively forest . There animals , trees and plants form a harmonious system . The mysterious woods resound with the conversation of the several animals and even the oaks , chestnuts, birches and willows . Then a powerful businessman wants to build a highway through the woods . One of the villlage's most nasty character , Mrs D'Abondo : Angelica Huston's voice , loves the idea and orders her hubby to cut down the trees . Everyone must flee . But Furi and the mouse Piorno and the fearful mole Cebolo don't intend to give up so easily. They'll have the help of the Clan of the Free Cats , spearheaded by the brave Tiger , and the flies , Huhu and Hoho . When they find out what Mrs D'Abondo is afraid of , Furi carries out a scheme to bring to life the Spirit of the forest with likeable trees helping them .

Nice and amusing animated movie with ecological message , dealing with a group of forest animals band together to stop a villainous woman and the exterminators from making a highway through their forest. A fun and entertaining 3D computer generator movie , though with no perfect animation , appearing a lot of incidents , as the two flies were swallowed by a cat , the spectacular final fight between Mrs D'Abondo and the rebel animals in which the villainous woman is covered in animal feces and several others . This delightful flick contains adequate voices and dubbing are provided by an international cast as Sean Astin , Ron Perlman , Anjelica Huston, Giovanni Ribisi , as well as Spanish actors as Maria Adanez , Luis Merlo . The motion picture financed by Production Companies , Dygra Films S. L. Fantastic Films International was professionally directed by David Rubin who previously wrote another animation movie : Holy Night ! . This ¨Espiritu del bosque¨(2008) had various awards and nominations , such as : Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2008 Nominee Children's Jury Award Animated Feature Film or Video David Rubin and Goya Awards 2009 Nominee Goya Best Animation Film .