Geronimo1967
Theres a little of the ugly ducking to this enjoyable Aardman animation, as a birds egg topples from its nest and finds its way to some kindly mice. When Robin pokes its little beak out of its shell, the mystified mice readily adopt it and for quite a while it thinks its just a mouse with a few feathery appendages. Thing is, Robin also starts to feel a bit lonely. It can never be a true mouse and so can never truly fit in, so it sets off into the unknown facing perils and fun alike and fortunately returns just as the snow has settled and the mice are facing their own furry, hungry, nemesis. Might now be a good time to get those wings flapping? As ever with their meticulously crafted stop-motion work, the detail is nigh-on perfect - though i...