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Codswallop

Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son.

Top Cast

  • Lucy Barriball

    Lucy Barriball

  • Myles McLeod

    Myles McLeod

Overview

Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son.

Rating

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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jan 13, 2025

    I hate to admit defeat - but I can't really say what this is supposed to be about. Rather surreally, it reminded me of one of those circular slide projectors I had as a kid, only instead of photos of mountains and castles, this has animated sequences that depict what could be hallucinogenic moments from, or maybe prophetic moments of, my life offered to me as if I was a child. There's everything from people, birds, animals, abstract shapes, chats about risotto and a rather disturbing, talkative, long-eared rabbit before we end à la "Captain Pugwash". Not a clue what's going on but it did make me smile, and some of the detailed animation is both amusing and quirky.

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