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‘Sketch’ Review: All the Monsters One Kid Can Imagine Come to Life in an Inventive Fable for the Whole Family
Seth Worley's fantastical debut 'Sketch' takes kids' feelings seriously, presenting a showdown between a young girl and her hand-drawn anxieties.
With his stellar indie family adventure “ Sketch,” commercials director Seth Worley has come up with a creative — and highly teachable — concept for his feature debut, using imaginative visual effects to impart a valuable lesson about dealing with grief and other strong feelings. Once Amber’s doodles get loose and start to terrorize the locals, the young “morphan” (her word for a child whose mother has died), older brother Jack (Kue Lawrence) and their still-grieving dad Taylor ( Tony Hale) must confront the feelings they’ve been avoiding. Driven by the conviction that such a personal project could speak to a wide audience, Worley made a 12-minute proof-of-concept short called “Darker Colors.” The feature version is warmer and a lot more funny, with “Harold and Purple Crayon” vibes in the way that fresh sketches help save the day.
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