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The Point

The Point

The Point

1971
Family/Kids, Fantasy
TV Movie
1h 14m
An animated story of an unusual kingdom in which everything and everybody is pointed - except for a young boy named Oblio. Despite his round head, Oblio has many friends. But an evil count, jealous that Oblio is more popular than his own son, says that without a pointed head, Oblio is an outlaw. Along with his faithful dog Arrow, Oblio is exiled to the Pointless Forest.

Directed by:

Fred Wolf
Fred-Wolf
13 total credits
Fred Wolf has 13 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Puff the Magic Dragon, The Adventures of the American Rabbit, The Mouse and His Child and The Box

Writers:

Harry Nilsson
Harry-Nilsson
6 total credits
Harry Nilsson has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, The Telephone, Son of Dracula, The Music of Nilsson and The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
,
Carole Beers
Carole-Beers
1 total credit
Carole Beers has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Point

Starring:

Ringo Starr
Ringo-Starr
47 total credits
Ringo Starr has 47 credits at Criticker, including: A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, The Last Waltz, Help! and George Harrison: Living in the Material World
,
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin-Hoffman
87 total credits
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough movie role as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967). Since then Hoffman's career has largely... (Wikipedia)
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Paul Frees
Paul-Frees
151 total credits
Paul Frees has 151 credits at Criticker, including: The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, A Place in the Sun, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
,
Lennie Weinrib
Lennie-Weinrib
31 total credits
Lennie Weinrib has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Shogun Assassin, Tales of Terror, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Point and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
,
Bill Martin
Bill-Martin
8 total credits
Bill Martin has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Harry and the Hendersons, The Point, Grounded for Life, The Unicorn and Introspection
,
Buddy Foster
Buddy-Foster
4 total credits
Buddy Foster has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Mayberry R.F.D., Sixteen and Hondo
,
Joan Gerber
Joan-Gerber
15 total credits
Joan Gerber has 15 credits at Criticker, including: DuckTales, The Point, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, Corn on the Cop and Shinbone Alley
,
Alan Thicke
Alan-Thicke
28 total credits
Alan Thicke has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Growing Pains, The Clapper, Not Quite Human and Carolina
,
Alan Barzman
Alan-Barzman
3 total credits
Alan Barzman has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, The Mouse and His Child and Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Point

1971
Family/Kids, Fantasy
TV Movie
1h 14m
Avg Percentile 59.64% from 109 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(109)
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Rated 15 Jan 2022
30
15th
Ringo Starr version. Acid trip, relaxing songs, pointless (ugh) message. "I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's no point to it.'" Fav scene: hiding inside the log and then the killer bees roll them downhill.
Rated 22 Jan 2020
60
20th
Very early 1970s. Buried beneath the typical Beatlesque songs and "what were they on" sequences is a nice little story about a boy finding his own point.
Rated 22 Jul 2010
30
11th
Stupid animated musical about a round headed kid in a land full of people with pointy heads. He doesn't have a point, get it? The movie takes 70 minutes to get that concept across. The kid gets banished and has wacky adventures and learns he has a point after all. Sigh. I remember this being cool when I was a kid, but this is just dribbly hippy garbage spouted like it's Shakespeare. The story is dumb, the animation sucks and Harry Nilssen's songs are crap.
Rated 22 Jun 2025
63
58th
I think, ironically, that the amount of digression and filler scenes sort of dulls the point a bit.
Rated 21 Jul 2024
35
15th
“The Point” could be a good 5 to 6-minute short film, but stretching it to over an hour was too much. The art was simple, and the pacing was very slow, making it painful to watch.
Rated 15 Mar 2024
60
26th
Pointstoview+evenhisdoginvoluntaryconspiracylol+ilikedthefatherandsonloldidntgoaroundinterpretingetc
Rated 16 Mar 2012
100
84th
Not exceptionally deep story, but great music told in a dreamy fashion (Appropriate for a bed time story).
Rated 25 Mar 2010
50
12th
... I think I missed the point.
Rated 24 Feb 2009
0
8th
Poorly written, dull, and charmless
Rated 13 Aug 2007
70
78th
Note that different versions of this film are available, featuring different narrators, including Dustin Hoffman (1st telecast), Alan Barzman (2nd telecast), Alan Thicke (3rd telecast), and Ringo Starr (home video release). I saw the Hoffman version many decades ago. Seems to have disappeared.
Rated 13 Aug 2007
88
89th
Really charming animated film, with an exceptional soundtrack by Harry Nilsson. Ringo is also perfect as the narrator. Wonderful for kids and it's still superb as an adult.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Fred Wolf
Fred-Wolf
13 total credits
Fred Wolf has 13 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Puff the Magic Dragon, The Adventures of the American Rabbit, The Mouse and His Child and The Box

Writers:

Harry Nilsson
Harry-Nilsson
6 total credits
Harry Nilsson has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, The Telephone, Son of Dracula, The Music of Nilsson and The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
,
Carole Beers
Carole-Beers
1 total credit
Carole Beers has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Point

Starring:

Ringo Starr
Ringo-Starr
47 total credits
Ringo Starr has 47 credits at Criticker, including: A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, The Last Waltz, Help! and George Harrison: Living in the Material World
,
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin-Hoffman
87 total credits
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough movie role as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967). Since then Hoffman's career has largely... (Wikipedia)
,
Paul Frees
Paul-Frees
151 total credits
Paul Frees has 151 credits at Criticker, including: The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, A Place in the Sun, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
,
Lennie Weinrib
Lennie-Weinrib
31 total credits
Lennie Weinrib has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Shogun Assassin, Tales of Terror, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Point and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
,
Bill Martin
Bill-Martin
8 total credits
Bill Martin has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Harry and the Hendersons, The Point, Grounded for Life, The Unicorn and Introspection
,
Buddy Foster
Buddy-Foster
4 total credits
Buddy Foster has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Mayberry R.F.D., Sixteen and Hondo
,
Joan Gerber
Joan-Gerber
15 total credits
Joan Gerber has 15 credits at Criticker, including: DuckTales, The Point, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, Corn on the Cop and Shinbone Alley
,
Alan Thicke
Alan-Thicke
28 total credits
Alan Thicke has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, Growing Pains, The Clapper, Not Quite Human and Carolina
,
Alan Barzman
Alan-Barzman
3 total credits
Alan Barzman has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Point, The Mouse and His Child and Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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