What happens when
we start questioning our life? And not just our life, what happens when
we question the situation in our lives? What happens when we begin to
question not just the walls surrounding us, but what we’re capable of
beyond the walls? “L’Engrenage” is more of an microcosm for the
individual and their attempts to break from the programming they’re
given at an early life and how sometimes the mechanism can cease to
exist when questioning and defiance emerges. Little Cuckoo is sick of
his life in the cuckoo clock.
No matter
what he’s doing, he’s yanked from his life and forced to
squawk every time a new hour emerges. But when he sees a
beautiful female cuckoo a romance emerges, and Cuckoo
realizes there’s something much more than the big clock he
lives in where he’s forced to respond to a schedule. The
production crew is just top here with computer animation
that is purely Oscar worthy.
Not
only does Cuckoo look enough like a modern cuckoo bird, but the
short is void of clichés or restrictive amateurish plot devices. The
character of Cuckoo is rich and entertaining, while the female
cuckoo he begins romancing is just an entertaining plot motivation.
And like every other animated short worthy of award attention,
there’s a truly original twist in the climax that brings this up to
the likes of “Tom & Jerry” cartoons where we learn a lot about
Cuckoo and our willingness to escape the confines of our lives.
“L’Engrenage” is
an accomplishment technically as a computer animated short, and
creatively with an original concept that evolves into a truly funny tale
of desperation and routine. Sometimes many cooks in the kitchen can
benefit a production.
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