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Tiddler
Tiddler

6.3

Tiddler

NR·2024·23m

Summary

A small fish with a big imagination gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he is saved by his own storytelling.

Crew

Director

Alex Bain

Director

Andy Martin

Author

Julia Donaldson

Author

Axel Scheffler

Screenplay

Michael Bohnenstingl

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

December 25, 2024

7

What the eponymous young fish lacks in size it makes up for with an enormous imagination. Constantly late for school, his excuses to teacher "Miss Skate" become more creatively outlandish by the day. There's pirate treasure, a shark attack, a giant squid - even some fisherman's nets! Thing is, though, all his schoolfriends think he's just "Pinnochio" with fins. Astonishingly, one of these tall stories is actually true and leaves him a way from home, lost, and needing the most unconventional trail of literal breadcrumbs if he is to find his way back to his school and best friend "Johnny Dory". The style of animation reminded me quite a bit of the "Gruffalo" - indeed I'm sure I saw a scaly version of that very beastie at some point here. The story is a characterful one along the lines of boy who cried wolf, it's engagingly told and uses different styles to help us distinguish between his real life and his fantasies. It's a tale with a moral, sure, but that's delivered quite charmingly and it shows that you don't need Disney budgets to tell an enjoyable to watch story of underwater adventures that teaches us about all kinds of fish, too!

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

fish
friendship
ocean
bullying
getting lost
based on children's book
storytelling
children's story
tall tale
christmas special
imagination