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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.11.27

This is an excellent animated kids' movie about an elderly man who is being pressured to give up his home by callous real-estate agents. Rather than try to defat these faceless monsters and their various antics, he takes his house air-borne to travel to the destination that he and his late wife never reached. What follows is an unintended adventure with an annoying child in his care and a very unexpected encounter with his childhood hero's nemesis. Brilliantly written and thoroughly engaging, I found it original and engaging and The Boy clearly loved it. This is my favorite animated film since "Wall-E".

Strongly recommended.

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