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While not as good as A Town Called Panic, it's still a gorgeous, warm film. I first saw it several years ago, so a rewatch would probably do me good.
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Watched it last month and it was adorable.
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I´ve watched Ernest & Celestine here tonight. Very cute, enjoyed the visuals and the story. I´ll probably rewatch it at some point.
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That's very un-Takomalike of you 
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Aw, I just rewatched Ernest and Celestine last week!
The animation style is incredibly cozy, even through the world that it creates has some stark commentaries about class relations and the way that certain people are pushed, culturally, into certain roles and shunned if they don't conform.
A really sweet film, but with some bite to it.
My rating both times I watched it is
The animation style is incredibly cozy, even through the world that it creates has some stark commentaries about class relations and the way that certain people are pushed, culturally, into certain roles and shunned if they don't conform.
A really sweet film, but with some bite to it.
My rating both times I watched it is
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I take it it's still fresh in your head then.
I watched Ernest & Celestine and it's about as cute and sweet as any movie can be. The animation wasn't as bold and advanced as some animations are these days but it was perfect for this movie. I'm shocked that it didn't make the animations countdown and I can only surmise that not enough people saw it by that time. It would've ranked high on my ballot. At the very least it has earned a spot on my list of contenders for my 2010's ballot and I do hope it makes that countdown. Hard to picture anyone not enjoying it.
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Thank You to those of you who watched Searching (2018). I'm glad to see that most of you liked it. 
Also, Thanks in advance to anyone who watches it before the countdown.
Also, Thanks in advance to anyone who watches it before the countdown.
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Nomination #10
Ernest & Celestine (2012, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner)
Deadline to Watch It: October 15
Nominated By: Miss Vicky
Ernest & Celestine (2012, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner)
Deadline to Watch It: October 15
Nominated By: Miss Vicky
I watched Ernest & Celestine (2012) a few weeks ago, and I loved it. It has a good chance to make my countdown list.
This is my review from my 2010s Recommendation thread:
I watched Ernest & Celestine (2012) today. (I watched the English dub with Forest Whitaker and Mackenzie Foy voicing the title characters.)
This is an adorable story of an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a bear. I loved everything about this, from the shadow puppets on the wall when the little mice are listening to a scary bedtime story, to the way Ernest and Celestine comfort each other after they have nightmares. The voice actors are terrific in this, making it easy to fall in love with both main characters.
Thank you for a great recommendation.
This is an adorable story of an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a bear. I loved everything about this, from the shadow puppets on the wall when the little mice are listening to a scary bedtime story, to the way Ernest and Celestine comfort each other after they have nightmares. The voice actors are terrific in this, making it easy to fall in love with both main characters.
Thank you for a great recommendation.
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I was planning on rewatching this at some point before the deadline and figured what better time than now:
Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine) (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner, 2012)
(Rewatch)
This movie positively oozes charm and warmth with its gorgeous hand painted watercolors that look like they leapt from the pages of a beloved children's book (indeed it is based on a series of children's books), full of humor and whimsey. We are presented with a pair of oddball outcasts - one a starving street performer and musician and the other a plucky orphan who refuses to buy into the prejudices she's been taught. Both face incredible hardship from a classist, racist society that aims to punish them for being who they are and each finds a kindred spirit in the other.
But neither the movie nor its characters dwell on the negatives, instead focusing on the sweet and heartwarming bond between Ernest and Celestine and on they joy they find in the little things. It also spatters its setting and other characters with tiny little details that aren't important in the story but are delightful just the same - the bear family that owns a candy store and a shop that sells replacement teeth for the ones that rot away from all the sugar, the bears telling the story of the tooth fairy mouse right before panicking at the sight of a real mouse and the mice telling the orphan children stories of the big bad bear just before sending them out into the homes of real bears to collect their teeth.
It's all just so wonderful and I love it a little more every time I watch it. I think it's just about perfect and it absolutely baffles me that it failed to make the Animation Countdown. It is downright tragic that mine was one of only two votes it received back then - and the other voter gave it only one point. I will be absolutely ecstatic if it makes it onto this countdown and I urge everybody to give it a chance.
Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine) (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner, 2012)
(Rewatch)
This movie positively oozes charm and warmth with its gorgeous hand painted watercolors that look like they leapt from the pages of a beloved children's book (indeed it is based on a series of children's books), full of humor and whimsey. We are presented with a pair of oddball outcasts - one a starving street performer and musician and the other a plucky orphan who refuses to buy into the prejudices she's been taught. Both face incredible hardship from a classist, racist society that aims to punish them for being who they are and each finds a kindred spirit in the other.
But neither the movie nor its characters dwell on the negatives, instead focusing on the sweet and heartwarming bond between Ernest and Celestine and on they joy they find in the little things. It also spatters its setting and other characters with tiny little details that aren't important in the story but are delightful just the same - the bear family that owns a candy store and a shop that sells replacement teeth for the ones that rot away from all the sugar, the bears telling the story of the tooth fairy mouse right before panicking at the sight of a real mouse and the mice telling the orphan children stories of the big bad bear just before sending them out into the homes of real bears to collect their teeth.
It's all just so wonderful and I love it a little more every time I watch it. I think it's just about perfect and it absolutely baffles me that it failed to make the Animation Countdown. It is downright tragic that mine was one of only two votes it received back then - and the other voter gave it only one point. I will be absolutely ecstatic if it makes it onto this countdown and I urge everybody to give it a chance.
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I rewatched Ernest & Celestine today. It's super adorable and fantastic. I can relate to it on a personal level because I am secretly a talking bear. I hope it makes the countdown.
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Not sure whether this is readily available to me but I've no time at the moment anyway, if it is available I'll try to get to it sometime in the next four weeks.
Not sure whether this is readily available to me but I've no time at the moment anyway, if it is available I'll try to get to it sometime in the next four weeks.
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I don’t remember where you’re located but in the US it’s available for free on Kanopy or you can rent it the standard definition version on Amazon for $1.99.
Just finished Ernest & Celestine, and I really dug it. I imagine some people might not care for its animation style, but I really loved it as the watercolor effects looked really cozy, with the nightmares and the various drawing scenes being the standouts. It contains several scenes which would be difficult to recreate in live action, thus taking advantage of the kinds of things animation is made for. I also found the friendship between the two titular characters highly compelling. In spite of their situation of being outcasts, I enjoyed that the film focused more attention on them bonding with each other instead of just coming off as misery porn. Overall, just a very good time from start to finish. Glad I watched it.
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I don’t really have much to add to the conversation about Ernest And Celestine. I will just say I was nervous I would end up being the stick in the mud, but it is absolutely as delightful as everyone said. That central relationship is hard to beat. Beautiful and unique animation style. Pretty darn funny. Loved it.
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Ernest and Celestine is like a much, much less harrowing Mary and Max.
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