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The Lost Thing

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A boy finds a strange creature on the beach and tries to find it a home.

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Christopher Lloyd Sarasota Herald-Tribune This touching and quirky Australian short is about the things that just don't fit. The imagination and animation, especially in the finale, are dazzling. Rated: 4.5/5 Feb 10, 2011 Full Review Thomas Caldwell Cinema Autopsy The Lost Thing has a beautiful melancholic charm that evokes the work of writer Neil Gaiman and filmmaker Tim Burton. Rated: 4/5 Jan 25, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member a simple short animation about taking time out to help out the lost. pretty nicely rendered world. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member :-D Shaun Tan = MITO Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing creativity and originality. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Boy befriends stray dog, if stray dog is strange alien robot thing. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A simple yet touching film about memories - the good kind, and how we neglect them by how useless they may seem, by how busy we have been doing some other things. It's really quite touching and I love the quirky animation. It's a beautiful piece about living with a real smile on your face. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a short film done right - gripping, well-paced, and fascinating all the way through. Well done, Australia! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A boy finds a strange creature on the beach and tries to find it a home.
Director
Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
Genre
Drama, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 29, 2013
Runtime
15m