Wüstenspringmaus (2002)
A mockumentary about gerbils.
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Excellent adaptation.
Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Wüstenspringmaus (2002)*** (out of 4) Funny documentary short from Jim Finn tells us the history and other interesting facts about the wustenspringmaus, better known by its English name the gerbil. This short lasts just under three minutes and for the most part it's pretty entertaining thanks to the visual style Finn gives it. What we've basically got is the narrator telling us the history as well as subtitles running at the bottom of the screen. While we learn about the history we can see a gerbil running around at the bottom of the screen and then there's rear-projection footage in the background. This isn't a masterpiece of any sort and its appeal will probably be limited but those who like to break away from the mainstream and see something different but original should get a kick out of it.