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Dirty Beasts

1990 · 27 min

A gleefully wicked little treat, rhyming nastiness delivered with relish that makes you giggle and squirm at once.

Genres
Family, Animation
Tagline
Another Enchanting Story from Roald Dahl...
Overview
Roald Dahl, that master of wicked humour, has created a ghastly menagerie of dirty beasts - all doing the most extraordinary and unmentionable things, in irreverent and absurdly comic verse. Including Crocky-Wock, the crocodile, who every Saturday has six young children for his lunch and how Miss Milky Daisy, the cow, punished a very rude man.

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Genres
Family, Animation
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • justice
  • identity
  • family
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour7
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
family, animation
Starring
Timothy West, Prunella Scales
Runtime
27 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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