The Snail and the Whale

2019

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

3
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1836 1.8K

based on novel or book whale cartoon based on children's book journey animal rescue

Plot summary

A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a “Lift wanted around the world”. Eventually her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey the snail and the whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. The snail is delighted by the wonderful world around her, until she realises how small it makes her feel.

Director

Daniel Snaddon Photo
Daniel Snaddon

Top cast

Sally Hawkins Photo
Sally Hawkins as Snail
Diana Rigg Photo
Diana Rigg as Narrator
Rob Brydon Photo
Rob Brydon as Whale
Charlotte Davis-Black Photo
Charlotte Davis-Black as School Child
720p.BLU
239.07 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
12 hr 25 min
Seeds 50

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Movi3DO 7 / 10

Fun adventure

The seventh was The Snail and the Whale, a tale about a snail on the tail of a whale, traveling the ocean to see the world. Based on the children book with the same name, it was a sweet and happy story. The animation of the ocean was beautiful and spectacular. Also, there was heart in the theme and I appreciate it. 7.5/10.
Reviewed by adamjohns-42575 7 / 10

Slow and Steady wins the race!

The Snail And The WhaleThis was a slow burning story. It didn't wow me at any point, but it cruised by gently and took me on a sweet journey along with the Snail and her new Whale friend. It was very sweet without having to be too complicated, which I found refreshing and an escape.It was beautifully drawn and I'm not usually a fan of the Computer Generated cartoons, but because of that, it was able to show such fantastic landscapes and the characters themselves might almost be real animated plasticine, that I could forgive it.I'm not sure that it was necessary to use the celebrity voices of Sally Hawkins or Rob Brydon for the lead characters, but Diana Rigg was a lovely choice as the Narrator.It was a perfectly short and simple gem to watch with the little ones and keep them quiet on a Boxing Day or Bank Holiday. Or alternatively you can watch it with your Mum, because you're both children that never grew up like I did.740.32/1000.
Reviewed by Prismark10 6 / 10

The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson's story is brought to rhyming life in this colourful animated story of a snail who hitches a lift on a whale.The snail has adventures in the ocean, meets friendly dolphins and dodges seagulls and sharks.The snail comes to the aid of the whale when it is stranded on the beach.It is an animated short that kids would enjoy at Christmas. It does not have the wow factor of Finding Nemo, although I did find this particular adaptation of a Donaldson story had more dash of colour.I was left wondering how the snail learned basic literacy.
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