It's a hard ask to compete with Disney, but Richard Williams and his super team of craftsmen have not only done just that, but outdone Disney in scope, imagination, novelty and breathtaking effects. True, the movie starts off in a disappointingly bland, conventional style. But it turns out that this was a deliberate, brilliantly artistic approach. For when our Raggedy and her Andy set off in pursuit of the wayward pirate, all manner of extraordinary adventures and fascinatingly grotesque creatures hurl their way into our view.
And as for the spellbinding employment of the wide, anamorphic screen, Mr Williams and his colleagues leave our Disney to bite his nails in frustration. Never before (and rarely since) has the wide- wide-screen been put to such highly imaginative and creative use. I'm firmly in Roger Ebert's Sun-Times corner: Raggedy Ann & Andy is definitely "one of the most visually exciting feature-length cartoons ever made!"
And as for the spellbinding employment of the wide, anamorphic screen, Mr Williams and his colleagues leave our Disney to bite his nails in frustration. Never before (and rarely since) has the wide- wide-screen been put to such highly imaginative and creative use. I'm firmly in Roger Ebert's Sun-Times corner: Raggedy Ann & Andy is definitely "one of the most visually exciting feature-length cartoons ever made!"