Keyword: cheating
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Monsters, Inc.
There’s a reason Monsters, Inc. keeps resurfacing in conversations about the best animation films of its era: it simply refuses to be dated. The film’s own tagline — “It’s nothing personal. It’s just their job.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. The setup is straightforward enough on paper: Lovable Sulley…
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Corpse Bride
Every so often an animation film comes along that refuses to be filed away neatly, and Corpse Bride is exactly that kind of stubborn, memorable outlier. “There’s been a grave misunderstanding.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. The story kicks off from a clean,…
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American Beauty
When Sam Mendes sat down to make “American Beauty”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its…