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Unicorn Wars

2022

Alberto Vázquez

Animation

6.5

2,950

Animation. War. Fantasy An army of bear cubs is training and indoctrinating young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced recruits, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.

	Author	Review
United States	Tasha Robinson Polygon	"The film isn’t an easy watch, but it is a bold and memorable one"	POS
United States	Noah Berlatsky Chicago Reader	"It is a metaphor for greed, hatred, war itself, and also for fascism, which embodies all the others as it consumes our better selves—teddy bears, unicorns, and all"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"Even this early in the year, it seems unfathomable that another release could dethrone 'Unicorn Wars' as the most uncompromisingly audacious animated film of 2023"	POS
United States	Rafael Motamayor SlashFilm	"It features fantastic animation and gorgeous use of color (...) Sadly, it suffers from 'short-turned-into-a-feature' syndrome, with flashbacks that feel unnecessary and repetitive scenes"	NEU
United States	Marco Vito Oddo Collider	"A brilliant anti-war story elevated by Vazquez's mesmerizing art direction"	POS
United States	Andy Crump Paste Magazine	"The fluidity in their craftsmanship is equally as impressive as Vázquez’s talent for Trojan Horsing metaphors about the human condition into a movie about teddy bears knifing unicorns and unicorns goring teddy bears"	POS
United States	Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"'Unicorn Wars' is forcefully provocative, trying too hard to push buttons at the cost of more nuanced explorations of masculinity and power"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"With its subversive queer sensibility and 'Mandy'-style color palette, this twisted animated feature from Alberto Vázquez strains to deliver the midnight-movie goods"	NEG
United States	Katie Rife rogerebert.com	"[The film] has to work twice as hard to make its points. To Vázquez's credit, enough of them stick (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Jon Mendelsohn CBR	"A captivating film full of depth, shocking ideologies, and vivid animation"	POS
Canada	Ard Vijn Screen Anarchy	"A fantastic fable full of sarcasm and a message (...) 'Unicorn Wars' is one of my favorite films so far this year, and if you have the stomach for it, I wholeheartedly recommend it"	POS
	Júlia Olmo Cineuropa	"Alberto Vázquez creates a unique and moving fable about the human condition and the origin of evil"	POS

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