Hi Saberspark! This is Scott. I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful and honest review. The fact that you took the time to look into all I and my family and my team have been through means the world to me. Thank you! This was totally my first film and I absolutely tried to cram WAY too much into the first part. Tony Bancroft (Mulan director and my co-director) warned me... ha ha. But I'd have NONE OF IT! And, like a good friend, he let me follow my heart. For that, I'm eternally grateful. I made the movie as I saw it. I had SO much fun... and now it's out for the world to see. For better or worse. No excuses. This is the story I wanted to tell. It really meant a lot to me to watch this review and I learned a lot about what works and what doesn't . The team in Valencia, Spain who animated the film did wonders (no pun intended) with the $19m budget we had (about 1/10th of a Pixar budget) and I'm so proud of them. Honestly, I'm still in shock that my movie is out. After all we've been through. It's just surreal. Thank you again! Scott

Movie creators: What are we gonna do about distribution of our film? Netflix: Allow me to introduce myself.

It's so weird seeing a movie made with passion. You don't see movies like that anymore...

I adore that this studio kept trying to push this movie, especially because it's a cute movie.

Guy: I eat dog snacks as job! Shaggy: First time kid?

Did anybody else watch this film? I'm legit curious to see what you all thought of it. Btw the director seems like a really cool guy who is open to criticism so massive props to him for being a genuine person

When children roleplay it's called "playing pretend", Saber

This is actually just Danny Devito's acid trip at the zoo.

I cant shake the feeling that if this movie were a little more popular, tumblr would go crazy for the male lead

That guy looks like blue haired cartoon markiplier.

As a clown, this movie warmed my heart so immensely because clowning is NEVER shown in a positive light anymore and it truely is an important movie to me

Seeing Danny DeVito getting so much older makes me very nervous...

Kind of feels like the "We're Back!" of this generation. In 15 years college kids will have nostalgia for this weird little circus movie.

Saberspark: That song is going to be stuck in head all day long Me: Jokes on you. It's night

I haven't seen the movie but in my opinion, these transition shots, especially the one where it focuses on the guitar strings are actually fire 11:45 - 12:20

Scott really works hard, he has a KZfaq channel where you can see all his art and his “hobbit hole” it’s so nice to see him follow his passion and just have fun

Saber: "maybe I'm stupid, guys wouldn't be surprised if that's the case" Me: *glances at other subjects in backlog* not your fault if it is

This is animal crackers? Don't taste as good as I remember.

I think with the second couple, the reason he didn’t tell off the girl’s dad is cause he figured the guy would force his daughter to never see him again which is a situation that does happen quite a lot. Yeah they are adults but older adults that are parents have this “I know what’s best especially for my kid.” mentality that makes them so stubborn they refuse to back down and listen to reason. It’s their way or nothing. Also that’s likely the case for the first couple as this can be from any family member and in cases like siblings it can be pretty brutal as they’ll feel like they’re being betrayed by the other sibling for choosing anyone else that isn’t them.

I remember seeing the director on KZfaq a few years back. He seemed like a really lovely man who engaged with his audience a lot and I can respect people like that. Apparently he worked with some animal rights group as well.

I thought he was going to do his first ever food review

"I think it's a pretty decent film. Not the best but DEFINITELY not the worst! That's why I'm giving it a 4 out of 10." That rating was way lower than I was expecting!

You know I really liked the movie, the only issue I had is how ugly they made the "bad" characters like they didn't look like they fit in with the rest of the world.

ok this looks a lot like Madagascar 3. Especially that crazy circus scene. Does anyone else get that impression.

Saber: "🎵Animal crackers in my soup🎵" Me: 🎵Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop🎵Goddammit!!

No animal crackers in my soup, but there is a fly

This is why respect you as a reviewer. You are balanced and give credit where credit is due. It would be so easy to just tear this film apart, but you considered the creator's effort and determination.

I really liked it! It definitely had a couple points where the story could’ve been stronger, but I thought overall it was a charming film with fun characters and a creative premise.

"Now that'll be stuck in your head all day." Joke's on you, l've never heard it before!

You turn into the animals when you eat the crackers? Why does that sound so familia- My brain: CANDY SHOP WARS, IT WAS THAT ONE BOOK CANDY SHOP WARS-

When you watch a movie before saber reviews it: The problem about being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness

i think its good to point out the dialogue too !! i enjoyed a lot of the dialogue, even though sometimes it was clearly not the most clever or made the most sense but i loved the relationship of the two parents and conversations they had. they showed a really good, fun and relatable family dynamic!

I honestly can't think of any animated film of recent memory that was stuck in development hell like this film .

I’m still triggered that they constantly say Animal COOKIES instead of crackers

I'm so glad you reviewed this movie the creator Scott is so friendly and passionate i remember seeing the trailer and he responded to all the comments he seems like a really great dude :>

Crazy how the guy who created this is also the model for the character in the game "paperboy"

Me: ''Huh, I wonder how this movie had such bad licensing delays that it took several years to come stateside.'' Saber: ''Harvey W-'' Me: ''Oh.''

I remember hearing about this back in like 2017, only now it is releasing.

Scott is actually a really cool guy! He has a channel here on KZfaq, I recommend checking out his art!

I remember that I asked Scott for him to try Netflix as a distributor, and look at where it is now.

I could've sworn I seen trailers for this at a movie theater a couple years ago

Me: "So what's this movie's about?" Them: "It's about this guy who wants to save the family circus!" Me: "So an it's basically an animated sequel to The Greatest Show?" Them: "The guy can also transform into different animals." Me, who loved Ben 10 and binge read the Animorphs series: *Loads money launcher with Capitalistic intent*

I remember watching the trailer for this movie a few years ago, and was surprised to see the creators active on KZfaq answering questions and giving updates on the movie. Your hard work paid off, hats off to you guys who made the movie!

I always love how you give creators and artists so much love and benefit. Such good, fair reviews... and I'm definitely going to check out this movie, knowing it's just ok!

Honestly I wouldn’t mind a documentary on the production on the film. Also, “And so I started blasting.”

The lighting in the scenes you’ve shown of the circus tricks looks great!

I watched this of my own accord online at college like six months ago and I kept looking and looking for reviews about it because I loved it so much. Thank you so much for boosting this film! Small films deserve more support

The comments section is literally a q and a with the creator of the movie lol 😂

oh my god I literally saw this on Netflix and thought “ hm saber should review this “ and here we are 😂

It's hilarious to me that the entire cast of voice actors and actresses here look like the characters they play. Is it just me?

I had a feeling you were going to do a review of this film, I'm Glad you got a chance to watch this film. Even the history of the film was interesting as it was dropped three times by several different distributors from Relativity, Serafini Releasing and Entertainment Studios due to financial difficulties and going through distribution hell, thank god Netflix acquired the rights to this film.

Funny how you uploaded a review for this shortly after I watched it. I thought this was a really good movie, at least conceptually. And the cast definitely did a good job. Didn't know about the development hell it went through though.

I saw that Shirley Temple commercial with the animal crackers so many times on Boomerang when I was little, what a throwback

Wow, after checking the credits - John Pomeroy did storyboards for this film! He was the supervising animator for Milo in 'Atlantis', John Smith in 'Pocahontas' and Captain Flint in 'Treasure Planet'. He also did animation for 'The Rescuers', 'Pete's Dragon', 'Fantasia 2000', and every single Don Bluth feature, plus Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. Also it would have been hilarious if you faked us out with a food review to start off the video

The creator is a super cool guy he talks to his viewers a lot and he’s genuinely nice

If this is the movie I'm thinking of I remember when Scott Sava announced it on his webcomic Dreamland Chronicles almost 10 years ago.

I keep seeing the Animal Crackers account here. I'm just confused but, also glad they're seeing the criticism they're getting.

“Animal Crackers in my soup” why saber why have you doomed us

I just realized that the art channel I've been watching recently is also the guy Scott that made this film

I’m really glad this movie was finally released and on Netflix nonetheless! I remember seeing the trailers a few years ago and even talking to Scott since he was very involved with his audience on KZfaq! I want to see what else he comes up with since it’s clear he puts a lot of heart into his work.

One time my bro screamed in the mall “ANIMAL CRACKERS IN MY SOUP ANIMAL CRACKERS IN MY POOP” Lol

Animal crackers looks like how to train your dragon

Saber: Now that song is gonna be stuck in your head all day Me, Watching This During The Night: Foolish Mortal...

Female Cashier: (looks at Saberspark awkwardly while scanning several flavored animal crackers) So, do you like chocolate, iced, or regular animal crackers? Saberspark: *YES.*

SaberSpark: animal cracker in my soup, now that song’s gonna be in ur head all day long. Me: no it’s not *starts humming it one second after he said that* oh no.

"Animal Crackers in My Soup" now it's stuck in my head forever

This makes me want to make a movie. All these indie creators are so inspiring!

okay, I saw an advert for this movie a few weeks ago and the plots description generally made me say WTF. Later I thought it must have been a dream because it couldn't be real... and here you are Saberspark verifying it exists and also reviewing it. Thank you, I can now pass this to my friends and prove it is real.

What's next? An animated film based around gummy worms? Or hell, a show based on gummy bea- oh wait, that did happen.

"The movie was ok." Well if it's better than Blunder Park then that's honestly the best we could hope for.

This doesn't seem like anything illumination would make though.

Funny, my brother was watching this on Netflix when this came out.

Me when I see saberspark uploaded a new video: *insert saberspark love face here*

i remember when i saw the trailer and was like “cool” *scrolls away*

Hi Saberspark! I just watched this movie and your comments were spot on! My wife went to do something else after 15 minutes and came back an hour later with "anything happened yet?" I gave her the update about the cookies and she watched the rest.

This is funny I just got this movie recommended yesterday for some reason? And halfway through watching it I thought "huh wouldn't it be fun if sabers made a review about it?" AND NOW I SEE THIS SKSKSKKS. Diosito grande.

Saber: Posts Everyone: to the comments we go.

Some of the scenes in the movie reminds me of Madagascar 3 :0

I watched this with my five year old last night and it was really cute! He loved it and it held my attention lol

I remember watching this in a trailer compilation back in 2016 and finally seeing come out is n I c e

Animal crackers have the movie? Dang I can’t wait for the gummy bears and cheese-it’s movie

You should watch “Spookidz the Movie”, I don’t know much about but it’s free on KZfaq and it looks good... Edit: Wow this blew up fast! 8 likes in like, 7 minutes! (Yeah I know this is for little kids, but who knows!)

“Animal Crackers” kind of reminds Me of a picture book I had as a kid. I forget what it was called but it was about a family on a picnic that ate cookies from a witch that changed them into animals, and they had to get her to make cookies shaped like people to turn them back. And a duck from the pond at a cat shaped cookie, except for the tail so she followed them home and now they have a white cat without a tail will a yellow muzzle named ducky. It was one of my favorites

its a really cute concept that i kinda wish a bigger studio could have picked it up - like imagine pixar's visuals, story telling and character design~ it would be really cute

I enjoyed this movie and so did my little guy. A few scenes got on my nerves but it was a good movie

Jokes on me for thinking Saberspark would be talking about a Marx Brothers movie...

I Talked with the creator, in a comment section, He originally wanted this in theaters in 2016-2015, Glad netflix took it. Great Movie, 9/10.

So I watched this review forever ago and just found out an artist I follow is THE ARTIST (and director). ssavaart is his name and I never would have guessed from the gorgeous water colours he normally showcases that he directed a movie based on a comic he wrote that starred his family, but from what I’ve seen of him it makes total sense now! I just had my mind blown a little and had to come back to comment on the video that introduced me to this movie😅🤯

I remember this being mentioned on the creator's web comic (The Dreamland Chronicles I think?) ages ago. The production logo seems to be a reference to that comic.

They made books into movies, video games into movies, emojis into (a bad) movie..... But I never thought they would make a snack into a movie *The absolute madlads*

Great review channel, never bias. Keep making vids.

I remember this film and have been following it ever since the first trailer came out it’s a ok movie but a really admirable passion project. Good job scott

Wait what I JUST saw this on Netflix and I was like what even...

The idea for the movie is interesting id say

I’ll definitely need to check this out- I’m a sucker for movies with real heart behind them. Hopefully other people will see this video and check it out, because I think there’s potential!

I remembered that a trailer came out with it in 2017 and I really loved it and was really hoping to see it and kinda forgot about it until a month ago.❤️ I am happy they are finally going through with and hope to watch it soon.

I like how the movie went through hell. But it ends up being released in 2020, which also happens to help it substantially since it's on Netflix so it doesn't have to worry about being a flop. So this is a really lucky movie.

I haven’t seen this movie yet but I’ll definitely have to check it out now! I watched Mune on Netflix earlier today and I loved it! I think you should review it sometime if you haven’t already 😊

I have a huge amount of respect for the work Scott Sava, Tony Bancroft, and the rest of the team that worked on this movie because for the budget they had they really took it a long way. I noticed some of the physics were off, some of the story a bit hard to grasp, but I could push that aside because I have a pretty good understanding of just how expensive and tedious animation is, and this was Sava’s first movie. What I absolutely adored about this film is the stylized characters, the wacky shape language, the colors, and the concept was so much fun as it called back to nostalgic times of eating animal crackers as a small child and visiting the circus. The casting was absolutely phenomenal and how they pulled off such a fantastic cast I have no clue! Animal Crackers wasn’t perfect, but it was still thoroughly enjoyable, it’s definitely a movie I’d love to watch again.

Saber: the cookies regenerate me: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK