The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Ploey: You Never Fly Alone
Animation · Family · 2018
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
Movie details
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone
2018 Animation · Family 1h 23m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ploey: You Never Fly Alone?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson
Written by
Friðrik Erlingsson
John Stamos
Giron (voice)
Sean Astin
Fox (voice)
Jerry Garcia
Mousey (voice)
Jamie Oram
Ploey (voice)
H
Harriet Perring
Ploeveria (voice)
R
Richard Cotton
Shadow (voice)
Thomas Arnold
Dad/Fox (voice)
Court is in session
Put Ploey: You Never Fly Alone on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.