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Free Jimmy (2006)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:1

Rotten:9

Average Rating:2.7/10

Consensus: A weird, misfiring, Norwegian animated mess of a film. Unsure of who its target audience is, it misses every target.

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Roy Arnie has a dream. One day he will run his own circus and conquer the world. Today, however, he is a stable hand working in the Circus Stromowski. Roy Arnie invites his buddies to come and work... Roy Arnie has a dream. One day he will run his own circus and conquer the world. Today, however, he is a stable hand working in the Circus Stromowski. Roy Arnie invites his buddies to come and work at the circus. He introduces them to the star attraction: Jimmy the elephant. Formerly a great sight, he has become addicted to every drug. Jimmy is the key to Roy Arnie’s dreams. -- © Cannes Film Festival [More]

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kyle MacLachlan, Simon Pegg, Samantha Morton

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kyle MacLachlan, Simon Pegg, Samantha Morton, Jim Broadbent

Director: Christopher Nielsen

Director: Christopher Nielsen
Screenwriter: Christopher Nielsen, Simon Pegg

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This adult-orientated, computer-generated animation isn’t an especially successful outing but still serves as an impressive antidote to the Disney-Pixar norm.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/17/08
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Free Jimmy is a sledgehammer Norwegian animation that metes out all manner of cruelty to dumb animals, not least the ones in the audience.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/17/08
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]

Deeply unhinged, deeply awful.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/17/08
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]

They say an elephant never forgets. But even the most anally-retentive pachyderm would be desperate to banish this misfiring mess to the darkest reaches of memory.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
10/17/08
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

Pic could be too dark, dirty and insufficiently funny to achieve more than cult success.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/30/06
Leslie Felperin
Leslie Felperin
Variety
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Norway may be wonderful for many things but feature-length animation currently isn't one of them.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/17/08
Richard Luck
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film

But the characters don’t add to the conception. Nor does the basic animation.

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10/17/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

The brief relationship that the escaped elephant forms with a resourceful moose is oddly touching, but the fatuities surrounding it ensure that any deeper involvement is unlikely.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/17/08
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

You would expect at least a spark of wit. But no, there’s nothing.

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10/17/08
Sun Online

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10/23/08
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
 
 
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