I'd have to agree with what seems to be the general consensus about Valiant: It's a good try but it's not a brilliant film - very nice animation, some quite good acting and a few giggles, but not that much more. Kids would like it but would have to have a degree of patience, it doesn't have a massively driving script. For me, I don't think it was really worth my £6, due to it's ridiculously short running time (little over an hour) and due to it not quite tapping in to the teenage market, despite trying. I'll give it it's due though, it was a very encouraging first attempt at this type of CG animation from my side of the Atlantic, with a much smaller budget than competitors, and I did chuckle a few times and smile quite a few more...there were just a few too many "bird flies into obstruction/other bird" gags to keep me on the edge of my seat. Perhaps go to see it though, if only to encourage British animation of this kind; with a lot of support and development and with the right people on board, a real cracker could be made and give the Pixar/Dreamworks lot a bit of a scare. Overall, it had potential and was quite enjoyable, but the complete film wasn't really the sum of it's parts.
Review of Valiant
