Please don't spend money on this.

Best movie of this year hands down!

The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

I love the book by George Orwell and this adaption played out just as I imagined when I read the novella. Brilliant use of lighting, music and visuals. It follows the book closely and really stays true to the dark and serious subject matter. Some scenes were dramatically effective wether it was because of the camera angle, the ominous and foreboding music or a mix of all. The voice work of the animals is spectacular and is done masterfully by one single man. That's admirable and worth praising. I loved the take on Napoleon, his grim appearance and thundering voice was terrifying. His guard dogs were scary and menacing and how they came to be was really sad. Animal Farm is a brilliant take on the novella and is more than servicable for every mind of interest. Good animation that shows the power of the medium.

I happen to own a copy of the original novel of "Animal Farm". Back before big rival companies like DreamWorks or even mainstream anime were created, it was rare to find any animated movie in an age as long ago as the 1950's not made by Disney, or at least one that was particularly noteworthy. I admit that I don't read novels anymore, but this is a story so significant I can't forget it. My only complaints are that it is a bit too short. It seems like there could have been more ground covered, but it still delivers the goods. It was weird how there was little dialogue, but for the most part, it worked by setting the mood.In the modern age of CGI, we forget the time where traditionally animated films were all there was. This has animation that truly does hold up after all these decades. You could even compare it to the artwork of classic "Looney Tunes" cartoons released at the time. As the film is fairly short, it really does seem like some very long cartoon that would come before an actual film, only in a serious manner. This shows us how serious animation can be and how we should relish what it has done for us.The story is more or less the same as the book. Barn animals overthrow a farmer and are then ruled by pigs who turn out to be just as corrupt as the humans. Having read and studied the book in High School, I truly understand the meaning. The book is a classic and can never be surpassed, but this is certainly worth watching. Even if you are unaware of the symbolism behind Communist Russia or in more modern terms, a country like North Korea, it still holds up. History buffs such as myself can't pass it up. I know of citizens or maybe simply people who don't care about who controls them or how it's done. They didn't really change the ending, as simply add more to it.May the opposition of dictatorship live on forever! *** out of ****.

for a viewer from East Europe, it is not exactly only a good adaptation. it is not just a cartoon. but support for memories. and a warning. the book of George Orwell is always a must re-read. but the movie - piece from the Cold War is little more important than only animation film. convincing, in clothes of children movie, it represents in large measure a bitter parable who has new nuances, special force, more perspectives about the dark frame of dictatorship. in its case, the message is more important than artistic virtues. because it remains a powerful warning. not a decent/admirable adaptation, not an old film. but an useful tool for discover and understand the past and, maybe, for transform the future as better script.

This movie is so horrible. We watched it in Social Studies and I thought it would be a sweet classic animation, but if I had not read the book, I would've had no idea what was going on, and the expression of the animals were unclear. However, I do like this ending better than the book, and the animation was seriously not bad (which is why I gave it a few stars). All in all, it is just unclear how the revolution of the animals went, and I learned a lot less knowledge than I did in the book. All symbolism was reduced, the best part of the novel, and in my opinion the personalities of the animals were changed from the book to a worse one. Only try to watch it if you have read George Orwell's novel.