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'Wildwood' Review: Laika's Latest Sweeping Tale

Deadline calls Laika's stop-motion adventure a sweeping tale; the Drama Index finds almost nothing to gossip about in it.

On air: Vera Bullock and Chip Darnell on Wake Up, America
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDeadline reviews Wildwood, the new stop-motion adventure from the studio Laika, and calls it a sweeping tale.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt is handmade, it is gorgeous, and I am already emotional.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEvery frame is a tiny puppet in a tiny forest, Vera, and I would like to move in!

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI would like a tiny puppet jacket in every color. Now, the Drama Index.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDrama? In a movie this sweet?

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly, Chip. A gentle film about a forest is a one out of ten. Zero conflict, and I am furious about it.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA one! And if a puppet's jacket gets snagged on a branch, I'm filing a report.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe only drama is that I cried at a puppet before six in the morning.

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