That was an excellent one.

How sad is this?

Good concept, poorly executed.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Although the story was confusing, and didn't seem greatly to resemble what I remember of reading Orwell's gripping masterpiece, I remained transfixed by the way in which the animals behaved, and was kept continually wondering how on earth they had been persuaded to speak and perform in the way they apparently seemed to be doing.Other reviewers have pointed out how the original novel has been traduced, re-written and distorted, and I'm happy to agree with them. But I remain fascinated by the visual trickery. I didn't recognise any of the voices of well-known actors, Ustinov, Scofield, Stewart, etc, although I certainly recognised Postlethwaite from The Usual Suspects. The emphasis on the humans struck me as the most intrusive part of the narrative. The farm setting also impressed me as rurally idyllic. Worth a look for the ingeniously convincing animatronics, but not otherwise.

The movie is well edited so the dialogue and movements seem more natural in most places. It has a few grim scenes but nothing too bad. I really like this movie a lot and the symbolism is conveyed nicely. Whether you're simply a little misanthropic or a history buff you'll probably like this movie quite a bit. The characters were very easy to relate to, at least in my opinion. The few songs in the movie are presented in a tasteful manner. This movie shouldn't be classified as a musical however. I think this movie would be great to show to kids in high school or maybe even middle school as it could be a good educational resource.

Regarded as one of the best books of 20th century, Animal Farm is a funny fable about some animals that, inspired by an old and wise pig, decide to banish the men and take control of the farm where they live. The story is clearly linked to Russian Revolution and we can see that some of pigs represent the leaders of the revolution, as Major represents Lenin, Snowball represents Trotsky and Napoleon represents Stalin. After they take control of the farm, the animals state 10 commandments that must be followed by every one. In the beginning all seems good, but later Napoleon takes the leadership and some strange things start to happen. The movie does good in showing many aspects of the book, with good effects and funny moments. My only complain is the very ending, that is different from the book and very disappointing...

Considering the book was written by George Orwell in 1945, the message of the story is not hard to get. The story of the farm animals parallel directly to the rise of the Soviet Union not too long before the book was written. The film as well as the book is about animals at a farm who feel oppressed by the humans, until one pig called Old Major encourage them to start a revolution. When Old Major dies the pig called Napoleon (voiced by Patrick Stewrat)continues the revolution and start his new era of equality among all animals, or what he calls Animalism. However it does not take much time before Napoleon gets corrupted and creates a dictatorship.Old Major is Stalin, a man with some good ideas for a revolution which was destroyed by the takeover by Stalin or in this case Napoleon. Even though communism in Russia was the inspiration for the book due to it's relevancy at the time, this story will always be relevant. For this story was very old even when it was written. And it amazes me how powerful this story can be even today.I have not seen the cartoon version from the 50's, but I doubt they can have the same impact as this movie. Being a real-life film it feels much more real. And normally talking animals movies are kinda cheesy, not this one. The story was serious all through the end. It was well made, and well acted by the few humans in it. The message comes through clearly, and the horrors of dictatorship and hard labour (almost slavery) is portrayed frightenly well. Had George Orwell seen this, I think he would be proud. I give this film a 9/10.