Revolting Rhymes: Revolting Rhymes Part One (2016)
Season 1, Episode 1
10/10
How Many Wolfskin Coats Can You Wear?
13 February 2018
This was the longest of the Oscar-nominated animated films for 2018 and I firmly believe the best. Based on a book by Roald Dahl with illustration by Quentin Blake, it is the best film version of any Roald Dahl work I have ever seen. There is little doubt that Dahl was a brilliant, mean, sick man, and whenever you look at an adaptation of his work, there comes a point at which there is a clear wobbling and a sense of "No, let's not go there, shall we? Let's just make farting noises. That will make the kiddies laugh."

Mr. Dahl went there. Mr. Dahl went there, and said "Hans Christian Anderssen went there, and so did the Brothers Grimm. And how do you like the venison, Mr. Disney?" This story that combines Red Riding Hood, Snow White, the Three Little Pigs, bank fraud, horse-race fixing, and a nice little revenge drama, as narrated by the uncle of the Big Bad Wolves, is a constant black-humor delight. I see that REVOLTING RHYMES part 2 is listed on the IMDb. I have high hopes.
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