Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008)

It's night; a wide-eyed fearful child is in bed. When her granny enters the room, the child pretends to be asleep. Granny O'Grimm isn't fooled; she pokes the child with a walker and picks ... See full summary »

Director:

Nicky Phelan

Writers:

Kathleen O'Rourke, Kathleen O'Rourke (character: Granny O'Grimm),

Stars:

Kathleen O'Rourke

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kathleen O'Rourke	...	Granny O'Grimm

Storyline

It's night; a wide-eyed fearful child is in bed. When her granny enters the room, the child pretends to be asleep. Granny O'Grimm isn't fooled; she pokes the child with a walker and picks up the book "Sleeping Beauty." We see the story as she tells it, images jumping between fairies at a baby's christening and Granny's agitated narrating. The aged fairy, who wasn't invited to the feast, looks just like Granny, but with small wings. As the child's terror deepens, Granny reaches the end of her version of the story. Will the child get any sleep?

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Plot Keywords:

illustration comes to life | elderly woman | bedtime story | cane | ageism | 

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Taglines:

Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified Granddaughter

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rémmese

Box Office

Budget:

€47,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brown Bag Films, Irish Film Board

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min 6 min (DVD)

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Brief Film Reviews: The 2009 Nominees for Best Animated Short (2010)

User Reviews

Stunningly Beautiful But Flat on All Counts

Very briefly...it's a gorgeous work of CGI and 2D animation, but the story is so blisteringly boring that it doesn't work. The grandmother just yells at the kid listening to the story, and that is supposed to be funny. Things like, "do you think the fairy did this?" to a headshaked no, "YOU BETTER BELIEVE SHE DID THIS!!!" It's a lot of yelling in the place of comedy, and there is nothing redeeming about her version of the story.

It's flat, uncharming, and unfunny. Nothing happens in this version that we don't already know, and despite the apparent fact that Grandma is trying to do nothing but scare her storytell-ee, it fails to give us any reason to listen. Easily the weakest of the nominees this year, I believe Partly Cloudy was far more deserving of the coveted nomination. This is no waste of time by any means, but it is not a deserving Oscar nominee.