'I Am Frankelda' Review: A Visually Dazzling Mexican Stop-Motion Animated Film on Netflix
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John Serba
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
Mexican stop-motion animated film 'I Am Frankelda' (now on Netflix) is a visually stunning phantasmagoria from sibling filmmakers Roy and Arturo Ambriz. The film follows a Mary Shelley-esque writer of scary stories named Frankelda, originally developed as a five-episode series 'Frankelda's Book of Spooks' on Cartoon Network Latin America. The movie offers a bewildering combination of eye candy and convoluted narrative concepts, with Guillermo del Toro-coded influences and guidance.
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· 3 pulledI Am Frankelda (now on Netflix) is as phantasmagorical as phantasmagorias get.
As bizarre as it is beautiful, the movie is a product of the wild imaginations of Mexican sibling filmmakers Roy and Arturo Ambriz.
This Guillermo del Toro-coded (and -guided!) Mexican film offers a bewildering combo of eye candy and convoluted narrative concepts.
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