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| Movie poster |
The film carefully preserves the art style of Raymond Brigg's. This 'fidelity to Briggs’ illustrative aesthetic is welcome, as it maintains a homey, appropriately somewhat retro air redolent of pencil sketches and pastels.' (Harvey, 2017). This can be seen even in the movie poster when looked at alongside the book cover as they have managed to capture some of the qualities of Brigg's artsyle without stopping the film from looking 3D. The film was created entirely digitally, unlike previous adaptations of Brigg's work, however the feeling of pencil on paper was kept intact. The effect of this is a sense of nostalgia that runs through the film both due to the art style and the subject of the film.
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| Book cover |
The film tells the story of an ordinary couple and is ' a tender story about the lost world of what we now call the “white working class”'. (Bradshaw, 2016). Though because of that 'Ethel & Ernest proves to be a quietly moving tribute to a real-life couple who are extraordinary precisely because of their very ordinary life.' (Smith, 2016). The interest in this story lies not in the tale itself but in the way it's told and the viewers ability to relate to the contents and characters within.
Bibliography:
- Bradshaw, P, (2016), Ethel & Ernest review – moving adaptation of Raymond Briggs's graphic novel, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/27/ethel-ernest-review-moving-adaptation-of-raymond-briggss-graphic-novel
- Harvey, D, (2017), 'Film Review: Ethel & Ernest', http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/ethel-and-ernest-review-1202643201/
- Smith, A, (2016), Ethel and Ernest Review, https://www.empireonline.com/movies/ethel-ernest/review/
Image List:
- Image 1, Movie Poster, Found At: https://viewsfromthesofa.com/2017/01/03/ethel-and-ernest-2016-review/
- Image 2, Book Cover, Found At: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/raymond-briggs/17111/
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