Le roi et l'oiseau 1980

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: It's dreamy, poetic and not to be missed. Read more

Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly: The film is suffused with a subversive attitude toward the rich and clueless, epitomized by a king at war with a talking bird. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: "The King and the Mockingbird" just might be the best animated film of the year. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times: A catalog of the movie's pleasures barely does justice to this lost-and-found delight. Read more

Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: What a tortured path "The King and the Mockingbird" has taken to reach theaters in the United States, and what a treat it is for us to be able to experience it now. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: An unforgettable story of love, loss and life's absurdities. Read more

Alex Dudok de Wit, Time Out: Yrical, satirical and hugely entertaining, it deserves a wider audience. Hopefully, with this welcome re-release, it will find one. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: Grimault initiated the project in '48, but his charming fable quickly fell afoul of troubles even kings and robots can't stand up to: rights issues. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: On a basic level, The King and the Mockingbird is a fun fantasy. But to the two poets who first imagined it, it must have felt like a repository for all the madness of a still-smoldering world. Read more