This movie undeniably shows the power of storytelling.
The animation used to depict the imaginary world of 'helium' is just superb.
However, I feel like the 'real world' could have been better crafted. For example:
However, I feel like the 'real world' could have been better crafted. For example:
- show the cleaner apply for the job and lie on his experience as a cleaner
- get the cleaner to interact with other sick people, who are boring compared to the main child character
- the coffee scene with the colleague: why is the cleaner not in his uniform?Why would he have a jug of coffee for himself?
- the child character seems like a pretty down-to-earth logical child. Yet it looks like all of a sudden he throws away all his critical mindset as soon as he hears the new cleaner. He could have said in a sign of disbelief: 'I was never told this. How come you know and not my parents?'