The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Revolting Rhymes
Family · Animation · Comedy · 2017
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Movie details
Revolting Rhymes
“Magical fairy tales with unexpected twists”
2017 Family · Animation · Comedy 1h 0m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.0 / 10
27 votes
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Revolting Rhymes?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jan Lachauer · Jakob Schuh
Written by
Quentin Blake · Jan Lachauer · Jakob Schuh
Dominic West
Wolf (voice)
Gemma Chan
Snow White (voice)
Rose Leslie
Red Riding Hood (voice)
Tamsin Greig
Grandma (voice)
Bertie Carvel
Prince / Mirror / Huntsman / Dwarf (voice)
Rob Brydon
Short Sister (Voice)
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Amelie Forester-Evans
Girl (Voice)
Court is in session
Put Revolting Rhymes on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.