The 2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films

By: Jeff Acker
Published online: Friday, February 10, 2012
Appeared in: Pasateimpo

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The brightest star in Oscar’s strongest showcase of animation in years has to be The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, a paean to the joy of reading that is nothing short of magical. Wild Life offers a haunting look at an Old West homesteader. A Morning Stroll is fiendishly wacky, and the low-key, droll Dimanche/Sunday is fun, though animal lovers will gasp at a disturbing sequence toward the end. Pixar’s entry, La Luna, is enchanting, but those books will put you over the moon. Not rated. Approximately 60 minutes.

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