I am speechless after watching this film, the absurdity of the plot and characters is marvellous and it's the oddest film I've ever seen; done by the directors of the Cravendale adverts and in exactly the same style. It's about a horse who lives with an Indian and a cowboy who think it would be a great idea to build horse a barbecue pit for his birthday but when they try and order bricks they order far too many and have to store the bricks on top of the house, after a hilarious party scene with Stephen (a farmer who can only communicate by shouting) and Madame Longree (Horse's love interest) the house collapses under the weight of the bricks so the strange trio rebuild their house but someone steals their walls, after the 3rd time of this happening they follow the thief to the centre of the earth and when trying to climb back up they discover an area covered in snow with a bunch of scientists driving around in a giant mechanical penguin that throws snowballs; these are scientists who have discovered the simple pleasures of throwing enormous snowballs at deers, they hold Horse, Indian, Cowboy and the thief (who is a frogman) but they escape by throwing themselves at their home using the penguin. Eventually, they discover the theives' hideout and the parents of the thieves tell them to give the walls back, after a few more frankly bizarre minutes the walls are returned and one year later it is horse's birthday, a surprise party is thrown and he gets the horse(Madame Longree), Defeats the baddies, Saves the entire 'Town Called Panic'
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| The Mechanical snow ball launcher |
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| Cowboy and Indian lying amidst brick carnage |
This has been my favourite film of the year so far, the madness of everything in it is absolutely fantastic and the characters and their unique traits are hilarious in every sense of the word. The stand-out character is probably Stephen the farmer but there was such a long list of strange, angry, happy and sad characters that it could be any one of them. The question I want to ask is: What drugs were the writers taking when they came up with an idea as manic as this.
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| The trio in Horse's abode |
Verdict:9/10
