Chico and Rita (2010)

I guess what you'd call Chico and Rita is an animated adult love story but there's a lot going on in that description. I get kinda wary when i see 'adult' next to the word 'animated'. I guess for me, animation is still the vestige of kids television for the most part but then again, if this was a live action film- I'm certain it would have escaped my interest and though, animation is not the format at the forefront of of your thinking when you think of love-stories, i for one rhinoceros it looks more beautiful than any live action film could look.
As far as the story, it couldn't be more pat; boy finds girl, girl plays hard-to-get, they get together, boy loses girl and so on and so forth but that's the only real set-back of the film; the animation just pops and the kind of 'digital-painted' process they use is just sumptuous to watch. Any frame could be a hi-def modern-day impressionist painting and springing for the BluRay in this case, to watch the film is certainly worth it.
And since the film is about a piano-player and a singer in Cuba, the way they marry visually the jazzy/big band music to these wonderful visuals is nigh-on-perfect.
Getting back to the 'adult' stuff, it is just a prolonged scene of sexualised female nudity and frankly, i don't see why it's really necessary. It only seems to limit the reach of the films audience further and doesn't add anything to the love story but the love story for all it's premeditation is quite effective and works very well within the film. Chico and Rita is entertaining because it's continuously feeding your eyes hearty meals of colour and expression and it's as emotive as it is delightful.

I watched Chico and Rita (2010) on BluRay, via LoveFilm.
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