Movie #1566 "Ethel & Ernest" is a netflix dvd that I watched the other night and enjoyed. There weren't a lot of high's in the film --- it merely went along its way, telling the life of these two people that fell in love, got married and raised one child. The backdrop is London in the 1920s until the 1950s, so it becomes a history lesson for the viewers. The fact that it is animated makes it different from so many other films we have seen on this subject. This is kind of like an independent film --- that is, it just plays out, and the beauty is in the character development ----- you feel you know these people and revere them by the end of the film , and that is exactly what the son, the narrator, wanted you to feel. However, if you compare this film with the small section in "Up" that was presented to us in that film, "Up" was done more quickly and efficiently. However, the history lesson is gone in that film. My point with the comparison is that this film was a bit long for what it did. However, the animation is well done, characterization is spot on, the voices are terrific, so it would not be a waste of your time, I don't think, to take a look see here, but I'm gonna rate it 3.5 out of 5, for length and being a tad slow.
'ETHEL & ERNEST" 2017 1 hour and 34 minutes
Based on the memoir by author and artist Raymond Briggs, this moving animated account of his parents' 40-year marriage also charts the dramatic sweep of 20th-century history, depicting Britain's struggle for survival during World War II.
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