Review of The Red Turtle

I can't say I'm a fan. It is okay at best and completely indie but doesn't cook the goose or pass any finish lines. If you think about it, any film that isn't from a major Hollywood studio film is an indie film (Shocker! Right?) however our collective culture has associated the term "indie" as something positive when in fact it is simply a categorization. So I'm going to give you the hard knocked truth about this anime. The animation is weak and annoying but grows on you to the point of being bearable. The story isn't remarkable and maybe even pretentious. Basically, the guy goes insane and makes out with a sea turtle for twenty years or so. Heck, that can happen to the best of us, so who am I to judge? But as you can tell from the reviews, people are overthinking this one and making it out to be more than it is because we are living in an age where CGI-animation is the way to grab eyes. Am I coming off as mean? Try this on for size, I think hipsters and trendies are overhyping this film because they frankly can not think for themselves. Deal with it.