Friday, January 1, 2021

Klaus Review











Klaus


Release Date: 15th November 2019 - Australia (Netflix)


Production Companies
The SPA Studios
Aniventure
Atresmedia Cine
Netflix Animation

Distribution
Netflix (Worldwide)


Genre: Animation/Family/
Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 97 minutes


Budget: $40,000,000


Plot Summary
A story tells the origins of Christmas. Jesper, a disgraced student of the Postal Academy, gets sent to a desolate frozen island where no one sends any letters. He is stuck in a hostile environment but finds redemption upon meeting a lonely carpenter named Klaus,
who gives Jesper a purpose
and delivers toys to the
surrounding people.


Voice Cast
Jason Schwartzman - Jesper
J.K. Simmons - Klaus
Rashida Jones - Alva
Joan Cusack - Mrs. Krum
Will Sasso - Mr. Elingboe
Norm MacDonald - Mogens
Neda Margrethe Labba - Márgu
Sergio Pablos - Pumpkin/Olaf

Crew
Original Story/Screenplay/
Producer/Director - Sergio Pablos
Co-Director - Carlos Martinez López
Screenplay - Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney
Executive Producer - Warren Franklin
Producers - Gustavo Ferrada,
Mercedes Gamero, Jinko Gotoh,
Mikel Lejarza, Marisa Roman
and Matthew Teevan
Creative Consultant/Story
Artist - Olivier Clert
Creative Consultants - Steven
Pierre Gordon and Alex Orrelle
Production Designers - Szymon Biernacki and Marcin Jakubowski
Lead Character Designer -
Torsten Schrank
Additional Character Design - Marta Andreeva, Jorge A. Capote, Daniel Fernandez Casas and Fernando Moro
Head of Story - Edgar Martins
Layout Supervisors - Armen Melkinian and Jean-Luc Serrano
Background Supervisor -
Gabriel Gomez
Animation Supervisor: "Krums &
Ellingboes" - Charlie Bonifacio
Animation Supervisor: "Klaus" - Victor Ens
Animation Supervisor: "Alva" -
Sergio Martins
Animation Supervisor: "Margu" -
Slaven Reese
Animation Supervisor:
"Jesper" - Yoshimichi Tamura
Animation Supervisor: "Mogens" - Matt Williames
3D Animation Supervisor - David Lamas
CG Supervisors - Fernando Jareigo and
Gabriel G. Roy
Film Editor - Pablo Garcia Revert
Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording
Mixer/Sound Designer - Gabriel Gutiérrez
Re-Recording Mixer - Nicolas de Poulpiquet
Music - Alfonso G. Aguilar


Awards

2020 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature - Sergio Pablos,
Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Roman (Nominated)


Review
Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas, everyone! You probably did not watch KLAUS, as the movie came out earlier in 2019 before the holidays and is only available on Netflix. The film recaptures the glory days of 2D animation, honouring the likes of Disney. The minimalist animation format (as opposed to excessive CGI) has not been used in films for a long time in the wake of computer-animated movies that preceded it. KLAUS is genuinely hilarious and heartfelt in its plot, and there's no denying this movie is becoming a holiday classic.

It marks the directorial debut of animator Sergio Pablos, who once worked for Disney and is one of the creative minds behind Despicable Me. Pablos and his studio create a movie that breathes new life by giving a distinguished look to a timeless myth. The animation is well-drawn and beautiful, using lighting and texture to create a dimensional depth, making it seem like a proper 3D animated feature. Similar to how Sony made Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but did the opposite.

Jason Schwartzman was fine for the role of a selfish postman who winds up helping to bring joy in a hostile environment in the North. J.K. Simmons is notable for playing gruff and detestable characters and goes against that type when he voices a lonely woodsman who would become known as Santa Claus. Rashida Jones was terrific as the schoolteacher. Norm MacDonald plays the ferryman Mogens, who is witty and sarcastic.

KLAUS has echoed the past Christmas movies and is a magical holiday movie that anyone will never forget. I hope more animated films have followed the same pattern as KLAUS did to bring back the same old-fashioned animation style.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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