Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets an above-average adaptation in The Amazing Maurice.
He's arguably the most engaging and accessible of modern British authors, his extensive bibliography a fixture on every bookshelf in the island nation. Most especially, his 41 volumes set on the magical Discworld rank as some of the finest and most hilarious satires committed to paper, incisive as Dickens, hilarious as Twain.
But it's still not quite Pratchett-y, still a little static – most especially in the oddly flat animation – and still not quite snappy enough, a problem shared by many animated features that rely on celebrity casting. But that doesn't stopThe 2023 Sundance Film Festival runs Jan. 19-29. Info and online passes at
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