ONIRIA CRIMES REVIEW SERIES

ONIRIA CRIMES REVIEW SERIES

So far though, all his risky attempts to catch the able-bodied fox have resulted in a series of embarrassing failures. His worst enemy is a malicious wolf named Isengrim, who continuously strives to wrongly accuse Renart of the most dreadful crimes to finally put him behind bars.

Unlike the all-time Walt Disney classics, Pixar blockbusters or even some of DreamWorks' previous excursions into the 3D animated genre, 'Le roman de Renart' regrettably lacks the essential formula that makes a typical cartoon or a computer-generated flick so lively and enthralling: the magic! Sure, you might never want to compare a Luxembourgish animated feature to a Hollywood production when it comes to the development of special effects technology, but as far as the story and the depth of the characters are concerned, the effort here could have been way bigger The plot, then, circles on Renart the fox (Frédéric Diefenthal), a quick-witted and rascally thief who occasionally steals food from the wealthy to properly nourish his necessitous family. As much as I salute Schiel's endeavor to boost the reputation of his Oniria Productions animation studio, I must as well admit that his effort on 'Le roman de Renart' has not paid off great.

The authors of the famed 'Reynard' fable would evidently roll in their grave if they watched Thierry Schiel's frivolous and enormously mind-numbing computer-animated film adaptation, which is not only excessively tedious and formulaic, but also completely fails to inspirationally encapsulate the central satire of the original literary work.

Oniria crimes review