The second most famous of Aardman’s creations makes its jump from TV to film. In a planet where the digital rules, whether it’s in a spectacular or pertinent way, Aardman returns to clay and stop-motion animation. And not because they’re stubborn, but because they’re in love with it. In fact, with almost no words, Shaun the sheep and his gang become a tremendously pure kind of cinema (and wordless, as we said), and that, rather than a lesson, is more about really enjoying the medium. Buster Keaton in wool, an ovine Harold Lloyd: Aardman updates its legend without losing an ounce of integrity. JMD
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