Cryptozoo

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When I think of 2D animation, I imagine beautiful tales told through a unique drawing style that allows for more expressiveness and clear emotions. I remember the recent Wolfwalkers, which was one of my favorite films of 2020. I expected Cryptozoo to follow a similar formula, boasting bright messages regarding the world's treatment of nature, animal cruelty/exploration, excessive hunting, and of course, discrimination based on someone's appearance. With all of this said, I never anticipated such a shocking, violent, bloody depiction of what looked like a fun adventure that parents could show their children.

Unless your kids are all grow...

Though I didn't really love the linear, rather flat, style of animation throughout this film, I did quite enjoy the underlying tales of mythological beasts that constitute the "Cryptids". They are things like unicorns and yeti. Animals about which science is in abject denial but that put all forms of art into ecstacy. Naturally, these beasts are constantly being sought after so "Lauren" and "Joan" come up with the idea of finding them somewhere safe to live, where scientists can peaceably study and maybe even learn from them. The one that's missing is the elusive "Baku". This creature can eat people's dreams and so is also a target of those who, as ever with mankind, wish to exploit it's powers for military purposes. Can they find one then ...