owl ice cream, c'mon!

Very polished and charming animation which is only let down by its excessive length and insistence on illustrating every single line of the book when it should have been using artistic license and cutting to the chase for better effect. The characters are cute as any kid or adult could wish for and it's a garden of visual delights. A bit shorter and this short wouldn't look out of place on the front end of a Pixar feature.

A few of the plot points aggravated me (why are you so daft Gruffalo???), but the story is well paced and whimsical. Plus, John Hurt as Owl. Gotta love that.

Nearing decent if you are less than 5 years old.

I now had a wonderful story to tell my future children.

Charming little fairy tale, nice animation and I liked a lot the eye work. The let down was that it had no edge what so ever, but it worked fine just like that.

Enjoyed it much more on second view with some of my friends. But still this is definetely for small children, but you might enjoy watching it with them.

It's an odd film, in that -- despite having an impressive cast, an original animation style, a tidy score and a basis in a beloved children's book -- it still manages to come across as feeling extremely lacklustre and charmless. There's really very little to enjoy here, which is a shame, as it feels like it could have been so much more.

Decent animation and good voice acting to the classic children's story.

I understand it's a children's story, but the script was really lack luster. I wish they would've livened it up a bit.

Animation could be better, the script it's too cyclical (the poetry use makes it a bit easier to watch) but well, it's understandable because it's directed to children and that's the way most tales work. Anyway, I don't understand exactly why it's nominated to Academy Award, It's hard to believe there's nothing better to nominate than this.