100 / 100

Logorama is the most imaginative animated film of all time. Though only sixteen minutes long, it is more creative and action-packed than any film that Disney or Pixar have ever produced or ever will. The brilliance of Logorama, besides its darkly humorous and irreverent plot, is that it uses animation to create a world so fantastical and so original that it is impossible to reproduce in a live action setting.

Created by the French graphics collective H5, Logorama has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and is head and shoulders above the rest of the nominees; the other movies competing against Logorama are all good films, but they simply cannot contend with such an ingenious piece of cinema. While they conform to the PG standards of animated films, Logorama defies the conventional role of an animated movie and brazenly employs profanity and sexuality. Unlike all other animated movies I’ve ever seen, Logorama is definitely not meant for children, but for mature audiences who will be able to appreciate its boldness.

Because Logorama is so short, an attempt to outline the plot would inevitably give away too much and destroy the elements of shock and surprise that made this movie so enjoyable. Though to describe Logorama generally, I would say that it is an exceptional satire of the way in which corporations have carved out a place in our consciousness, the sort of film that pop artist Andy Warhol would make if he were alive today.