"The Missing Scarf" is a 6.5-minute animated short film by writer, director and animator Eoin Duffy. The name already tells you that this is an Irish production. The language spoken in here is English though and the speaker we hear is George Takei from "Star Trek". It is a squirrel who enters a forest looking for its missing scarf. During the search, it meets all kinds of forest animals and tells them why they don't need to be afraid of whatever they are afraid. I personally did not enjoy the watch or story too much. To me it seems as if Duffy himself was unsure whether he wanted to make statements actually or just ramble a bit along and make fun of these statements, probably something in-between. Anyway, to me the explanations why they don't need to be afraid sounded pretty shallow and pretentious and it's hard for me to believe the animals took them seriously. The animation was solid, nothing good or bad really, but that's obviously personal preference. However, this film here did not get me curious about possible future projects by Duffy and I am baffled by all the awards recognition it received. Must be because of the big name narrator, who's actually the best aspect about this film. Not recommended.
Review of The Missing Scarf
