Supelice Dreadfully Boring

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Nichole Simpson We love our heroes! We idolize them and put them on t-shirts, cereal boxes, make action figures out of them, etc. But when one stops to think about our heroes, what do they do? They destroy the bad guys and bring peace. How do they do this? Usually there is a lot of fighting, things are destroyed, and the bad guy either goes to jail or is killed. The film Kirikou and the Sorceress is the story of a hero, but a different kind of hero. Kirikou does not have great battles or destroy anything. He is kind and wise. What was his heroic action? To restore peace to his village, but the most important thing to him was finding out why Karaba, the Sorceress, was so mean and evil.Michel Ocelot, the director and writer of this film, does an excellent job in portraying how he feels Africans should respond to the clash of colonialism and tradition. He uses several types of characters in this film to represent the different attitudes people in Africa have taken. First there is Karaba, who represents colonialism and modernity. She is seen as terribly mean and evil. She eats the men and tries to steal the children. Through various revolutions men have tried to fight colonialism and many have died. Children have been swayed by the allure that modernity has brought, and they have completely rejected their traditional ways. Second are the village people; they sit at home and get angry over colonialism, but all they ever do is complain. Then there is Kirikou, who is wise and kind and does not want to destroy or kill Karaba. He asks a question and seeks the answer that no one is willing to ask.Ocelot shows, through Kirikou, that it is possible for the villagers and Karaba to live in harmony with each other. Through kindness Kirikou becomes the hero, saving not only the villagers, but also Karaba. One does not have to make a choice of tradition or modernity. Ocelot says that we can have a combination of the two. They do not have to constantly be at odds with each other.This is an excellent film! It is a cartoon and thus designed more for children, but who doesn't like a good cartoon?! I would prefer to show this film over other superhero films to children, because of the simple lessons taught. Evil does not have to be killed or aggressively fought against to destroy it. Sometimes all it takes is a little kindness and understanding.

mehmelae Kirikou et la Sorcière is a story that has many morals. For example, the story demonstrates that even the smallest person can be a hero; and also that it is because he is small that he has not been corrupted to the ways of the world and into accepting his lot in life. Kirikou has courage, wisdom, and curiosity that helps him to save his village from the Sorceress, but also the Sorceress from her evil power. He is small, but he is not afraid to do what is right, and what has to be done. Since Kirikou was so tiny he was able to crawl into the water spout and find out what had stolen the water from his villagers. He was able to crawl through the underground maze to see the Wise Old Man of the Mountain. One does not have to be big to be brave.Another moral is that relying on one's family for help is not a bad thing. Kirikou seeks help from his mother throughout the whole movie, especially in the end. He loves his mother very much. Kirikou also seeks help from his grandfather who helps him many times as well with his wisdom. A family is there to help whenever help is needed, and Kirikou was not so grown up, though of course he wanted to be, that he would not ask for help when he needed it.An important moral is forgiveness. The Sorceress was evil and very cruel to the villagers. She supposedly ate their men, stolen their water, gold, and children, but in reality she only did one and tired to do another. She was cruel; however, Kirikou saves her from the evil power that has corrupted her. When he brings her back to the villagers they refuse to accept that she is no longer evil and they threaten to kill the Sorceress and Kirikou. She was truly sorry for the things she did while under the influence of the evil power, the villagers should have given her a chance to prove her sincerity.Though for some this movie would be laughable because of its graphics and how the story is written. The women of the village are drawn with varying shapes and sizes that are hilarious. Also the village elder is portrayed as a complete imbecile. However, one has to look beyond the literal text to see the metaphorical meanings. The director uses the colors and graphics as symbols. The colors in the village and around it very beautiful; they are so bright and vivid. They symbolize life and goodness. The colors around the Sorceress hut are dark, dreary colors symbolizing evil and ugliness.This movie would be best for little children because they will not pick apart the movie looking for bad directing or horrible graphics. Those things do not matter to children. They will see that Kirikou is a small boy that does great things, and they will love it. Also they are more likely to pick up on the morals of the story than adults who always think meanings have to be hidden, and who cannot see the easy things. Of course, many adults will like this movie if they like challenging their minds to see beyond the surface of the story into what it really is all about.

fashionista629 These days the heroes that we have are flawed heroes like Dexter who is a serial killer that murders criminals. Now there's someone that you want your children to look up to. Kirikou on the other hand is everything that someone should inspire to be, and is a hero in the traditional sense and since he's one of the only truly African heroes left it is important to take that into consideration. He's innocent, curious and he believes in himself. This is the type of person you really want your children to look up to not Spiderman, Batman, or other vigilantes.First, even the colors used in the animation to portray Kirikou and his environment are bright and colorful, while characters like Batman are all in black and surrounded by darkness. They are very lonely characters and have to hide who they are in order to save the world. Kirikou is able to be himself in order to save the world and has nothing on his person most of the time save a dagger or a knife.Second, Kirikou also kills no one except for a beast in the movie that is drinking all of the water from the stream inside of the mountain. This is the only time he really resorts to violence. Kirikou would rather run away or out smart his enemies rather than kill which shows how noble he is. This compared to Batman or Spiderman who always punch or tie up their enemies to get them arrested by the police. Which would you rather your child resort to when he or she is in trouble? Finally, Kirikou physically doesn't fit the typical hero. He is not tall or muscular and is even made fun of for being tiny. This instead shows children its not about how you look, but rather about who you are on the inside that makes you a hero. The ability to beat up bad guys, as is shown in most comic books, does not make you a hero and can in this case make you a bad guy. They even portray magic in a negative light until the very end when Karaba turns Kirikou big. Thus giving the message that you don't have to have superpowers or be big and strong to defeat evil.Kirikou does remain nude throughout most of the movie and there are breasts shown, but Kirikou is probably one of the best role models for kids that I've seen in a long while. This movie is for people that want a different kind of hero, but not one with a dark side. Instead, one that they can share with their children without fear of them picking up violent tendencies from. I loved this movie! It's like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White but shows women of all shapes and sizes while being able to maintain a male audience.

Anwalk24 Deep in Africa, a child is born named Kirikou who is very wise and courageous. He is different from the other village children as an infant being very small. In the movie Kirikou et la sorciere , there is many references to fairy tales , and can also be compared to American ones. The main character, Kirikou is on a voyage to see his grandfather because the boy has many questions about himself and Karaba. Karaba is the evil sorceress that is out to get Kirikou. In the film he has many tests along his journey that is opposed upon him. The positive message about the film is all of the tests he overcame without killing anything. In the end after meeting with his grandfather, he learns many things about himself and Karaba. He figures out she is not so evil, and cures her and him with a fairytale like ending mixed with African traditions, which make this film one to watch over and over.