Films like The Smurfs and the Magic Flute.

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle fantasy / comic-adaptation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. 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.

The Adventures of Buratino (1975) poster
1. The Adventures of Buratino1975

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dunderklumpen! (1974) poster
2. Dunderklumpen!1974

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asterix the Gaul (1967) poster
3. Asterix the Gaul1967

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bremen Town Musicians (1969) poster
4. The Bremen Town Musicians1969

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pippi Longstocking (1969) poster
5. Pippi Longstocking1969

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Splash (1984) poster
6. Splash1984

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) poster
7. Asterix and Cleopatra1968

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) poster
8. Asterix Versus Caesar1985

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) poster
9. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix1976

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lucky Luke: Daisy Town (1971) poster
10. Lucky Luke: Daisy Town1971

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asterix in Britain (1986) poster
11. Asterix in Britain1986

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) poster
12. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids1989

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Smurfs and the Magic Flute’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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