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Cryptozoo

Cryptozoo

Animation · Fantasy · Drama · 2021

Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.

Movie details

Cryptozoo

2021 Animation · Fantasy · Drama 1h 35m

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5.8 / 10

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Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dash Shaw

Written by

Dash Shaw

Lake Bell

Lake Bell

Lauren Grey (voice)

Michael Cera

Michael Cera

Matthew (voice)

Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky

David (voice)

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan

Magdalene (voice)

Louisa Krause

Louisa Krause

Amber (voice)

Angeliki Papoulia

Angeliki Papoulia

Phoebe (voice)

Thomas Jay Ryan

Thomas Jay Ryan

Nicholas (voice)

Court is in session

Put Cryptozoo on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.

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.