The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · short film · G · 35 min · ★ 8.2 · 75% critics
A young boy lost in the frozen countryside sets out to find home, crossing paths with a mole, a fox, and a horse who travel alongside him. Their journey turns into an unlikely friendship as the search for home begins to mean something more.
Also known as L'enfant, la taupe, le renard et le cheval
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 35 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 (726 votes)
About
If you enjoy gentle, cozy winter tales about loneliness, kindness, and finding meaning with heart, this short may land for you; Not for you if you prefer punchier storytelling or less dialogue-driven moralizing, especially compared with Wolfwalkers or Kubo and the Two Strings.
Pros: warm friendship story; cozy winter feel; beautiful animation | Cons: heavy on platitudes; mixed script opinions; some scenes feel sad
Themes
- friendship
- hope
- fox
- horse
- based on children's book
- kindness
- family
- candid
- hand drawn animation
- short film
- courage
- appreciative
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Jude Coward Nicoll
as The Boy (voice)
Tom Hollander
as The Mole (voice)
Idris Elba
as The Fox (voice)
Gabriel Byrne
as The Horse (voice)
Directed by Charlie Mackesy, Peter Baynton