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Affairs of the Art
Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.
- Original title
- Affairs of the Art
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA,US,GB
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Apr 6, 2024 · via TMDB
I really did like the detailed quality of the active animation in this latest outing for "Beryl". She likes to draw, indeed she's obsessed with it - and alongside the eccentric behaviour of her husband "Ifor" and their son "Colin" we share in the joy of their collections of perfectly arranged screws, or her stuffed animals, indeed even a fanatical collection of jarred pickles. Nothing is undrawn. Meantime, her sister "Beverly" who has made a fortune extolling the virtues of all things nip and tuck is living the life of luxury in Los Angeles, and at times she is very reminiscent of one or two famous Hollywood stars whom it'd probably be libellous to name! It's a bit on the vulgar side towards the end, and though that might read a bit puritanical, I found it just dragged what was really quite creative and entertaining into the realms of something just a bit crass. Still, it's moves with one heck of a pace, there's a bit of quite pithy dialogue and for the most part it's decent, if a bit long of a watch.
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Menna Trussler
Beryl (voice)
Brendan Charleson
Ifor / Colin / Lenin / Interviewer (voice)
Joanna Quinn
Beverly (voice)
Mali Ann Rees
Mum / Edie (voice)
Joanna Quinn
Director
Benjamin Talbott
Music
Olivier Calvert
Sound Designer
Joanna Quinn
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