Lack of good storyline.

Good concept, poorly executed.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I guess Ed Bishop's narration kept "Automania 2000" from becoming too dark and serious as, after all, this is still an animated movie. And a fairly successful one at that as it was nominated for an Academy Award over 50 years ago, but lost to Mel Brooks' entry. "Automania 2000" is about the way people in the 1960s imagined industries and life in general and what they would look like when the new millennium starts. There were some witty moments in here, but I personally felt the comedy was not that great really. The animation wasn't exactly to my liking either, but the 60s were generally not too great in terms of style and there's even worse stuff out there. After all, it is all subjective if you like the style or not, so i will rule in the film's favor and give it a thumbs-up. Pretty awkward that this film is already about a time gone for 15 years looking at how long it was back then till the year 2000 would be reached. Watch it.

This little film is supposed to be set in the year 2000 and is all about the car. Apparently, it impressed the folks at the Oscar committee because it was nominated for an award in the category Best Cartoon Short.While I do understand that the early 1960s were not a very good time period for quality cartoons due to reduced frame rates and simplistic animation in order to save money, this film is lame even by the standards of the day. The biggest problem is that the film is neither funny nor interesting nor particularly well made. It's a lot like a dull lecture--a lecture I could have done without.

The year 2000; in the past year science has made massive leaps – giving us seemingly unlimited power, the ability to harvest the sea and the ability to make inexhaustible food for all. The same principles have been applied to manufacturing which has sadly overwhelmed the streets with cars. In some areas, families now live in their cars and have been stationary for almost five years now. The film looks back at the development and marketing of the "need" for bigger and better cars that ultimately led them us to this sorry state.Although the year 2000 is now the past rather than the future as seen from the early sixties this film still makes a valid point and indeed its warning about the roads of materialism and greed us more applicable today than it was then. The film uses an American voice, speaking in glowing "marketing" speak of the progress made, putting a positive spin on everything; this was perhaps an easy ploy but it works and only helps to highlight the danger of chasing the constant dream of material wealth. This is important as they film takes its point to extremes but by use of the narration, the relevance is still obvious and it still made me think. The animation is basic and dated (like a clunky Jetsons?) but it works, with the innocence of the style only adding to the sensation of science marching onwards with a blissful and cheerful lack of foresight.Overall an interesting little animation that you may find doing the rounds at liberal film festivals as part of a throwback look at commercialism and materialism.

Stylish and surreal early 1960s British cartoon, produced by Halas and Batchelor, depicting the unstoppable rise of the motor car. Synopsis: Once there was a time when car owners actually drove their motors from A to B - on roads! Can you believe that? And it was even a pleasant experience! Now, though, in the year 2000, since the roads are so crowded, people cannot move anyplace so they live in their cars full time. Mother does the knitting; Father watches TV; the kiddies are tucked up in bed, all inside the family car. Cars are so plentiful that they are piled up on top of each other, reaching high into the sky. Eventually the ultimate vehicle is produced: a car that can reproduce itself, and that can eat other cars - not to mention the scientists who created it. Shame about the gridlock though.With drawings very much in the style of the time (pointy heads; distorted perspective; bright angular backgrounds - remember those early Pink Panther cartoons?) this is an excellent period cartoon, and deservedly a multiple award-winner. Watch out for it at animation festivals.