Ethel & Ernest - Film Review

Ethel was a lady maid and Ernest a cheeky milkman who liked the look of the new labour. They went on dates together and at some point Ethel left her job and everything behind to be and live with this man in South London 30´s.

Figure. 1. Movie Poster - Ethel & Ernest 

 They had a children called, Raymond, which was growing during a critical era where Hitler was causing a lot of problems to everyone around him. Ethel and Ernest, is a biography and auto-biography, this story about meetings of 2 characters in the same place turning into a lovely happy marriage. 

Figure. 2. Ernest Giving Flowers to Ethel

 As the story go the characters create a family having their first kid when they move to their new house. This animation reveals a lot of detail in between illustrations and storytelling using 2d and 3d methods at the same time in some scenes. Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent are some of the voice actors of it.

Bibliography 

Bradshaw, P (2016) 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/27/ethel-ernest-review-moving-adaptation-of-raymond-briggss-graphic-novel (Accessed on 10 May 2019) 

Robey, T (2016) 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/ethel--ernest-review-raymond-briggs-honors-his-parents-with-slow/ (Accessed on 10 May 2019) 

Illustration List

Figure. 1. Movie Poster

https://grassington.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/maxresdefault-2.jpg (Accessed on 10 May 2019) 

Figure. 2. Ernest Giving Flowers to Ethel
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPkE0Lp9-ioSAZvFDVR-mx2vglC1T8iV4pPZJJ1BSoYlsgRicB (Accessed on 10 May 2019)