Ethel & Ernest

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Ethel & Ernest

2016

1h 34m

Drama

Animation

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A couple's love blossoms and endures through immense social change in the 20th century. One love, 40 years, and always a cup of tea.

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Gentle, poignant, and vividly animated, Ethel & Ernest is a warm character study with an evocative sense of time and place.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

12/18/2017

The care and affection with which Mainwood and his collaborators (notably animation director Peter Dodd and art director Robin Shaw) adapt already endearing material carries the day.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

12/14/2017

Their unassuming story speaks volumes about the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

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Cath Clarke

Time Out

12/07/2017

4/5

Butter a crumpet and snuggle down with this affectionate animation about illustrator Raymond Briggs's parents.

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Katie Smith-Wong

Flick Feast

11/13/2019

3.5/5

Ethel & Ernest is lovely, heartwarming and poignant animation.

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Alexa Dalby

Dog and Wolf

02/19/2019

5/5

[Briggs'] unique style of homeliness with an edge, ordinary lives charged with political content, told with quiet humour, has reached its highest point so far in the deeply affecting Ethel and Ernest and is another classic in the making.

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Rachel Wagner

Rotoscopers

02/06/2019

4/5

This is a completely lovely slice-of-life story that will warm your heart and give you hope for the new year to come.

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Jack G

@Gump.jack Jan 8

A heartfelt true story,artfully portrayed by vintage hand-drawn artistry

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JEREMIAH D

@Jeremiah9 Jan 1

I love the movie so beautiful

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Erica M

Apr 22

This is a beautiful written movie of a ordinary couple in 20th century London, England from the day they met, courted or dated in the modern term, marriage, having their son, the struggles during World War II and more. Showing the simple times of Raymond Briggs’s parents and him growing up. This is based off the true story of Ernest and Ethel Briggs and the story book Raymond Briggs first written and illustrated himself before creating this beautiful story with a bittersweet ending but not in a sad way as his parents were happily married for 40 years until their deaths. I happily watched this film over again as it is one of the many wonderful works Raymond Briggs has ever created for the BBC.

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Ryan A

Mar 3

Gentle and sweet. A love story that is just that. A simple story of ordinary people and their lives. The voice actors are just fantastic and help lovingly bring this story to life.

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Spencer P

@s_plewe 10/20/2024

Sweet and honest in its 50-year span of British family history, Ethel & Ernest is a dedication to the greatest generation as well as the realities and humilities of married life.

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John J

11/04/2023

An actual Phenomenal Movie. This movie is actually great and I 100% recommend you watch it. Ethel & Ernest is one of the sweetest movie I've watched, but it's also very gut wrenching. This actually gets very sad at the end. It is slow, but trust me that you won't regret watching this. This is definitely going on my favorite movie list.

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Roger Mainwood

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Camilla Deakin

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Ruth Fielding

Director

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Ethel Briggs

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Ernest Briggs

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Synopsis

A couple's love blossoms and endures through immense social change in the 20th century. One love, 40 years, and always a cup of tea.

Director: Roger Mainwood, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
Screenwriter: Roger Mainwood
Genre: Drama, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2018
Runtime: 1h 34m

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