Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Chantel Contreras It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Robert Reynolds This short deservedly won the Academy Award for Animated Short. There will be mild spoilers ahead: I could talk about the story or the music, which are quite well known to most people and which are quite effectively done here. But I want to talk about the animation (it is an animated short, after all).The animation is is simply breathtaking. The detail is magnificent. Particularly watch the scenes with the cat. The cat sleeping on the grandfather's chest, the cat stalking the bird and in turn being stalked by the wolf. The duck on the ice. It's just a beautifully done short. Moya Lyubov (My Love) is as impressive among the other nominees and Madame Tutli Putli comes close. But Peter and the Wolf is a hair or two better.This short is available on DVD and is most definitely worth tracking down, as it's a most remarkable short film. Most highly recommended.

Sam Lakin In a time of endless 3D superhero films from the likes of Dreamworks and Disney/Pixar (to mention but two), this piece from the Academy Award- winning Suzie Templeton offers a somewhat unique experience. Templeton presents an animated adaption of Prokofiev's children's story "Peter and the Wolf". Set to the score written by Prokofiev in 1936, giving the film a somewhat operatic feel. Much like the Snowman (Dir. Dianne Jackson), Peter and the Wolf contains no dialogue- the score instead providing its own narrative. This simple, heart-warming, down-to-Earth masterpiece shows animation at its finest- a million miles away from the superficiality of today's high- budget, Digitized animated films churned out by companies such as Dreamworks and Disney/Pixar. Fantastic animation, a traditional story, and a beautiful score- this work deserves a much bigger audience.

Rectangular_businessman An outstanding animated short which deserved all the praise that it received.Not only the animation style of this magnificent short is incredibly well done, with a high level of detail and realism that goes beyond everything that I have seen before, but also, the way in which this story is told is magical and fascinating: "Peter & the Wolf" is partially a fairy tale, partially a semi-realistic story (With some naturalistic elements that go incredibly well with the hyper-detailed animation style) but is always something incredibly captivating and wonderful, which tells a simple story from an unique perspective. And that's what makes this something so special and fascinating, being one of the greatest animations that I've seen in my entire life.10/10 (I would rate it with eleven stars if I could)

oleg-f This one might be controversial. In a time when animation studios like Pixar or DreamWorks create tons of successful high-budget animation films with lots of action and tension in it, one might wonder if there's still a place for films like these. Well, in my opinion, those are two very different animals. If you want action and suspense and you don't care about anything else, then go see "Toy Story 3" or "The Incredibles" and forget about this one.This story is from a time when nothing of the above-mentioned existed and people weren't dreaming of flying superheroes. This is a down-to- earth picture which deals with philosophical issues, without being pretentious and without demanding to much of its viewers.This particular realisation of that powerful and touching story is perfect in every way. Wonderful figures, a great attention to detail and an adequate rendition of Prokofiev's Suite altogether create a very genuine "Russian atmosphere". It is a true masterpiece and definitely deserves a wider audience.