NORM OF THE NORTH: FAMILY VACATION
Watchable. Made with Chinese funding so a trip to China is obligatory in the plot. As is grandiosity: "Elizabeth and the kids" are the family of the Chinese living like a king. Animation-wise, colours of the snow and ice as well as of the skies, not even mentioning occasional aurora, are varied, though without subtlety.
ALBATROS (DRIFT AWAY)
Watchable. Despite the initial shock of a body falling off a cliff, the movie is not about that. Set in quiet Normandy, it's a typical French drama going into every detail of everyday life. I watched it piece by piece, it was hard not to get distracted by anything livelier than the movie. The lead policeman is so amiable you must sympathise with him when his life breaks down in an instant in result of a fatal error - mid-way through the film. So it's heart-wrenching when his daughter sees the accusations and when she consoles her father. Very pleasant and competent colleagues from the police are another reason not to switch it off.
Reviewed from the distributor's screener. Cinematic reception might differ.
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