Too much of everything

Overrated and overhyped

The first must-see film of the year.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

"38 popugaev" or "38 parrots" is an 8-minute animated short film from 40 years ago. This is a Soviet movie and had some of the most known animators from the Soviet Golden Age of Animation, which followed way later than and was by far not as prolific as the American, working on it. I personally enjoyed the film, but I will not deny that it is definitely not for everyone. I could actually imagines this being a nice watch for a mathematics class as there is some number-related stuff in it in terms of measuring things. Many animals are in here too and that is very common for Soviet animation: We do not only have a parrot (just one, not 38), but there are also a snake, a monkey and an elephant. Another indication how this is mostly for younger audiences is by checking out how they totally tried to make sure the snake is not seen as dangerous. She does not want eat any parrots and she is friends with everybody. The little monkey isn't even scared when he is caught by the snake at one point. All in all, a decent watch for (Russian) animation lovers. Everybody else can skip it.