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‘Orion And The Dark’ Review: Charlie Kaufman’s Amusing Script Livens Up Netflix’s Kids ‘Toon About Fears Among The Very Young


Taking a page out of the Pixar playbook and animating entities turned into characters, Dreamworks Animation’s latest feature, Orion And The Dark, recalls ‘toons like Inside Out and Elem…

Fortunately for adults who will likely have to sit through this with their kids, DreamWorks was smart enough to hire Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman( Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Adaptation) to take on the task of bringing Emma Yarlett’s book to the screen. Sticking to the Dark though gives Kaufman less quirkiness to play with than we are used to with the outrageously offbeat universes he tackles in his other work including the wonderful R-Rated Oscar nominated animated feature, Anomalisa he created in 2015. Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Werner Herzog, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Mia Akemi Brown, Natasia Demetriou, Nat Faxon, Golda Rosheuvel, Aparna Nancheria, Ike Barinholtz, Matt Dellapina, Carla Gugino

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