Sweet Cocoon (2014)

Thanks for the memories!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This animated short film tells the story of a caterpillar who struggles to get into the cocoon. Two insects decide to help the caterpillar, and they finally succeed in facilitating the caterpillar to undergo metamorphosis.The story shows that cooperation is the way to succeed, and helping others is a good virtue. It is an enjoyable animation. Just as I thought the animation is very children friendly, the unexpected ending surprised me a lot. I guess children have to learn that things are not always smooth and perfect in the real world.

This another short coming from the ESMA school of Animation and has the good-quality trademark that most of their students' films show. The animation is very good, clean, very fluid, nice backgrounds, good lighting and great characters. To me, the characters and the story make any short film. The caterpillar, the weevil and the cockroach are the only characters here, but they have distinctive personalities, are funny, and are very well animated. The story is simple, probably not original, one of those lessons of nature that we are all sad to know, but that is life. However, the film is very charming and funny. The film is wordless, just sounds and grunts, but very enjoyable. I think mostly for children.

This short was included in the Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Animation as an additional short. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a visually appealing short with a very limited and somewhat minor plot. It concerns a caterpillar attempting to get into a cocoon. Unfortunately, the cocoon is a bit too small to fit over a rather large caterpillar.Two other bugs, a weevil and a cockroach, decide to help out. The bulk of a rather brief short is spent on sight gags detailing mishaps before and after the cocoon is slipped over the caterpillar. There isn't much to them and they're quite obvious for the most part, while still bringing a few laughs.The big reveal finally comes about and is rather striking. The ending is altogether too obvious, but I won't spoil it here.This short is part of the Oscar Shorts program, though it wasn't one of the final nominees. The program itself is excellent and this short is worth watching.

"Sweet Cocoon" is a cute little film that has five directors listed on IMDb (Matéo Bernard, Mathias Bruget, Jonathan Duret, Manon Marco and Quentin Puiraveau). It's also very slight and a film that most people should enjoy, as it's light-hearted and funny. It's told without words and is the story of a caterpillar that is trying to crawl inside its chrysalis but finds it's just too fat for such a small space. So, a couple nice bugs decide to help and much of the films consists of their silly efforts. The ending is dark but made me chuckle. My friend who saw the film with me thought this was predictable--I thought it was clever and funny. The quality of the CGI is quite nice but there's also nothing particularly ground-breaking or transcendent about it-- it's just a nice, well made little film.