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Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

This early Emile Cohl animation movie is about a jigsaw puzzle that assembles itself at the command of a mysterious master of.... well, he's actually a goonish looking tall drink of water, if you ask me. It's a nice work of stop motion, and the way the pieces sometimes march in single file and sometimes move in an assembled crowd does manage to give this piece enough variety for it short length. What really keeps it going, however, is the question of what is the picture actually going to be -- not typical for puzzlers, since most of us just look at the box.Cohl was still working at finding a purpose for his stop-motion animation that was more than the sheer joy of the technique itself. In the meantime it would remain an abstruse genre of film making.