Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

ad968 In the same whimsical frame of mind as the Japanese classic "Funeral Parade of Roses," Tamala 2010 is a surreal journey into the world of cats and product placement. Is that weird enough? My partner wanted to leave the theater the whole time, but I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this flick. If you can suspend your "Western" need for plot and coherence, sit back and enjoy the fabulous animation (black and white tip o' the hat to Disney's "Steam Boat Willie"), crazy situations and fantastic soundtrack. Any film which takes place on another planet and includes both Hello Kitty drag queens and a mention of the Loch Ness Monster is OK by me. Even if you hate this film, YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT!

michael@piston.net This movie is a wonderful example of how deep ideas and powerful images are not sufficient to make a movie worth watching. You must tie the two together in some sort of coherent plot, which this movie completely failed to do. Here the movie leaps from scene to scene with little regard for the characters' motivations. Yes, the cat wants to find her mother, but why does she first detour to the unstable Hate Planet? What does the fighting there have to do with her or the story? Further, the ideas should be gradually introduced into the plot, not suddenly spilled out in a monologue so remorselessly tedious that the director finds it necessary for the one of the characters to repeatedly describe himself as bored to death with it. Well, if the director knew he was boring the audience, why didn't he restructure the scene so it wouldn't be boring? The answer is, that would have been real work, and real work is something the people responsible for this film weren't interested in doing. They wanted to show off their fabulous pop images, their "witty" dialog (which most consists of the cute little kitty saying "fucking") and throw out their deep ideas for contemplation. Compare and contrast Shrek I & II with Tamala 2010 to see what proper fantasy is all about. In Shrek we are also bombarded with spectacular images, and interesting ideas about racism, but in the service of a plot which makes sense and keeps the audience interested. Nobody walked out of Shrek, and the laughs went well beyond a cute little kitty using dirty language. There may well have been a great movie hiding inside of Tamala 2010. Pity the director, producer and scriptwriter lacked the time, patience and energy to bring it out.

noothergod I was very curious about Tamala prior to viewing. I was amused at the animation, which was often clever and espoused a simplistic style not seen in some time. The look of the world was at once both desperate and cartoony. However, this film gave me little beyond eye candy.The plot was sketchy (animation puns aside), the dialogue was annoyingly simple (though I did see it in English), and there was no real message or purpose. When the film finally ended, all I could say was "Wow, I guess it's over."More annoying was that the creators tried desperately to create a cult-pop icon. Half the time I felt like Tamala was doing weird things just because weird things are cool and hip with young kids these days. I'm 25, and I found it neither cool nor hip. It was just annoying. Also, Colonel Sanders with a cleaver in his head left a little something to be desired.If this was supposed to be Hello Kitty for the next generation, I think someone needs to change the litterbox. Something stinks.

superchoatie A strange, wonderful, dark, cute movie. One of my favourites of all time.Tamala 2010 is a joy to behold, and defies categorization.If you want to go see something different, this is it.