Sweet Cocoon (2014)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Such a frustrating disappointment

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

eulogy of comradely. funny and sweet. and dramatic. wise choice for children about basic values and the need of the other, about beauty and its price. colors, characters, details - all more than beautiful. this beauty is completed by the simplicity of story. amusing, nice, touching, it represents a form of poetry about small beings and wise pledge for solidarity.

"Sweet Cocoon" is a 6-minute animated short film from France, but don't worry, there is no talking in here, so you won't need subtitles. It is about 2 beetles who help a fat caterpillar get into her cocoon. The animation is the biggest strength here for sure, its good enough for a full feature film. The story is fine for 6 minutes and the plot twist at the end certainly elevates the movie and makes you think about it a bit more. I am always surprised when I see so many people directing such a short film, but here it was fine because the final outcome was a success in my opinion. I enjoyed the watch and recommend seeing it, but maybe not to very young audiences for whom this may be a bit too serious. A thumbs-up from me. Good job from everybody involved.

This short was included in the Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Animation as an additional short. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a visually appealing short with a very limited and somewhat minor plot. It concerns a caterpillar attempting to get into a cocoon. Unfortunately, the cocoon is a bit too small to fit over a rather large caterpillar.Two other bugs, a weevil and a cockroach, decide to help out. The bulk of a rather brief short is spent on sight gags detailing mishaps before and after the cocoon is slipped over the caterpillar. There isn't much to them and they're quite obvious for the most part, while still bringing a few laughs.The big reveal finally comes about and is rather striking. The ending is altogether too obvious, but I won't spoil it here.This short is part of the Oscar Shorts program, though it wasn't one of the final nominees. The program itself is excellent and this short is worth watching.

Kicking off the "highly commended" selection of short films in the Oscar nominated animated short films special of 2015 is the most mediocre film off of this particular lot and the entire lot in general. Sweet Cocoon is a terribly basic and uninspired short film about a caterpillar desperately trying to fit in a cocoon that is too big for him. The caterpillar is assisted by two additional insects to no such avail. The only thing that amounts here is tedium, as the same one-note joke is played out quite heavily, despite only being six minutes long and the monotony becomes overbearing far quicker than it should. Apparently, Sweet Cocoon used the same graphics engine/rendering software as Pixar, as the style mirrors that of A Bug's Life with its rubbery texture, but that certainly can't help terribly basic storytelling for a short that just trudges along for six minutes before falling with a louder than thud than an obese caterpillar.Directed by: Matéo Bernard, Mathias Bruget, Jonathan Duret, Manon Marco and Quentin Puiraveau.