Films like Mr. Incredible and Pals.

Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Surviving Sid (2008) poster
1. Surviving Sid2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) poster
2. Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos2012

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Partysaurus Rex (2012) poster
3. Partysaurus Rex2012

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tokyo Mater (2008) poster
4. Tokyo Mater2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Lady and the Reaper (2009) poster
5. The Lady and the Reaper2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the running vein of humour; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Unidentified Flying Mater (2009) poster
6. Unidentified Flying Mater2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Night of the Living Carrots (2011) poster
7. Night of the Living Carrots2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lifted (2006) poster
8. Lifted2006

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ghost Graduation (2012) poster
9. Ghost Graduation2012

Keeps the gentle temperature and the running vein of humour; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Mater Private Eye (2010) poster
10. Mater Private Eye2010

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Oktapodi (2008) poster
11. Oktapodi2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Small Fry (2011) poster
12. Small Fry2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the warm emotional register — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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