Bob's Birthday is an existential animation that has previously won an Academy award for best-animated short. Directed by David Fine and Alison Snowdon the film revolves around a middle-aged man named Bob on his birthday. Feeling down with another year passing he begins to examine his life. His wife on the other hand has chosen to organize a surprise party for him. Yet with this unknown to him, as he returns home from work he begin speaking frankly about his and his wife's views on friends who are hidden in the same room.
The film does a good job on reflecting on the themes of ageing and contempt for loss of youth. Bob's issues come across as really genuine, particularly in his discussion with his wife about them never having children. Overall though the film is very engaging touching on themes of existence which we all, at one time or another will ponder. Whether we have done it in the past, present or will do so in the future.
However the only real problem I have with this film is quality of the animation. The animation may have been on par with what was acceptable at the time of its production, (1993), but in 2012 we have grown accustomed to cleaner computer-generated imagery.
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