Directed by Serget Danot
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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In this UK version of the French film, Dougal is a dog living with his owner and friends in the "magic garden". His idyllic life is interrupted when Buxton, a blue cat, is adopted. Buxton visits the factory on the hill overlooking the garden and is crowned king by a disembodied voice calling herself "Madame Blue" who plans to take over the universe and turn it blue. Buxton's first job is to convert the magic garden and take its inhabitants prisoner. Dougal sets out to rescue his friends, but first takes a trip to the moon with Buxton. This children's fantasy is loaded with British political innuendo. Dougal is a conservative and Buxton a person of color who threatens his way of life, but I'm not sure who Madame Blue is supposed to represent. The stop motion animation is in the style of the better known Rankin-Bass TV specials: simple yet effective.
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