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“It’s not a product, so much as the product of people who care about proving that, to quote a wise man , animation is cinema and not a genre.”
“And those vaguely hipster Portlandia vibes are very much present in Wildwood, partially in the form of light self-mockery and partially in the quirky darkness (or maybe it’s dark quirkiness) that colors its YA fantasy story.”
“The dream of the Nineties is very much alive in this coming-of-age tale.”
“So is the dream of the Nineties animation boom, in which flying freak flags and previously untapped emotional frequencies helped fuel a renaissance.”
“Shots fired, Disney!) But technique-wise, it’s a display of the sort of human touch in animation that can often seem sorely lacking, and that Laika has turned into a house special.”
“One Hitchcock homage later, the birds have stolen Prue’s baby brother.”
“She runs into Curtis (Jacob Tremblay), a smitten fantasy nerd who might have once rolled a 20 in cleric magic but has come up snake eyes when it comes to interacting with girls.”
“The Pacific Northwestern studio that gave us Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings has the artisanal and regional feel of an indie record label; it’s like the K Records of stop-motion toons.”
“Account Welcome Manage Account Manage Print Account Sign Out Log In Toon In The Dream of the Nineties Animation Boom Is Alive in ‘Wildwood’ Latest stop-motion fantasy from Laika isn’t perfect — but it makes a strong case for why this artisanal animation studio matters By David Fear David Fear Contact David Fear on X The Dream of the Nineties Animation Boom Is Alive in ‘Wildwood’ Why a New Box Set and Podcast Will Change How You Think About Stanley Kubrick Watching ‘Clayface’ Is Like Eating Play-Doh View all posts by David Fear October 23, 2026 Add us as a Google Preferred Source Peyton Elizabeth Lee in ‘Wildwood.’ Laika There are animation houses that traffic in snarky humor, pop-culture references and easy-peasy life lessons — and then there’s Laika.”
“Mahershala Ali leads the resistance against the malevolent powers that be as a rebel bandit.”
“Tom Waits lends his feral baritone to a commander of a coyote military brigade.”
“It also provides an urban playground for Prue (voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee), a teen who is tasked with looking after her little brother Mac.”
“They’re so busy arguing that they almost don’t see the ominous murder of crows that seem to have their collective eyes on Mac.”
“She and Curtis follow the avian kidnappers deep into the woods to retrieve him.”
“And once they enter the center of the Impassable Wilderness?”
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“And whatever you do, stay away from the densely forested area known as the “Impassable Wilderness.” Naturally, Prue dumps her sibling into a red wagon, bikes with him down to Voodoo Donuts for a treat, and generally disobeys her hippie-dippy parents.”
“As if Laika’s homebase in Hillsboro, the Oregon region known colloquially as the Silicon Forest, weren’t strong enough bona fides, this modern fairy tale gets its source material from a 2011 novel by the Decemberists ‘ frontman Colin Meloy and his illustrator spouse Carson Ellis.”