Natalie

This undoubtedly bears the scars of an early-covid production in its inconsistent pacing and particularly the sleepy deliveries of many lines which were presumably recorded separately without a lot of context, but all those quibbles are blown out of the water by how amazing it looks. It's impossible to beat stop motion for raw physicality and texture, and the decision to double down on making the material process of production visible in the result gives makes every frame of this a delight to behold. Even beyond that, the heavily stylized designs mean this movie looks like something in a way that's actively shunned in popular film today. I'm so, so glad that cgi hasn't fully managed to kill claymation.