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Once Upon a Forest

1993 · 71 min

A gentle, earnest animated adventure with moments of real peril and sadness, but ultimately warm and hopeful.

Genres
Animation, Family, Adventure
Tagline
An adventurous race against time!
Overview
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • survival
  • environment
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Genres
animation, family, adventure
Directed by
Charles Grosvenor
Written by
Kelly Ward, Mark Young
Starring
Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Ellen Blain, Benji Gregory, Paige Gosney, Elisabeth Moss, Paul Eiding, Janet Waldo
Music
James Horner
Runtime
71 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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