The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)

Directors:

Michael Hegner
Karsten Kiilerich

Writers:

Hans Christian Andersen (fairytale)
Michael Hegner (story)

Release Date:

6 October 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Computer Animation | Worm | Rat | 3D Animation

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Morgan C. Jones	...	Ratso / Frank (voice: English version)
Paul Tylack	...	Wesley (voice: English version)
Anna Nugent	...	Phyllis (voice: English version) (as Anna Olson)
Gary Hetzler	...	Stan (voice: English version)
Danna Davis	...	Chickens (voice: English version)
Barbara Bergin	...	Esmeralda (voice: English version)
Michelle Read	...	Peep Olga (voice: English version)
Hilary Cahill	...	Daphne (voice: English version)
Kim Larney	...	Baby Ugly (voice: English version)
Hillary Kavanagh	...	Pox (voice: English version)
Laurann Rabbitt	...	Lou (voice: English version)
Aoife Murray	...	Emmy (voice: English version)
Liz Lloyd	...	Fox, Swan #2 (voice: English version)
Aileen Mythen	...	Jessie (voice: English version)
Justin Gregg	...	Teen Ugly (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Das hässliche Entlein & ich (Germany)
Den grimme ælling og mig (Denmark)
Le vilain petit canard et moi (France)

Runtime:

Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Germany:89 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

France | Germany | Ireland | UK | Denmark

Language:

English | French | German | Danish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Brazil:Livre | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:AA | Peru:PT

Company:

A. Film

Trivia:

The scene where Ugly hatches out of his egg and jumps onto Ratso's head is a shot-for-shot parody of the scene in Alien (1979) where the Facehugger jumps out of it's egg and latches onto Kane's face.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the end, when Ratso wears the tie, there’s a few shots that he has no tie at all.

Quotes:

Ratso: Anyway, you're not as different as you might think. Deep down, everybody's -
Baby Ugly: Beautiful?
Ratso: No. Everybody's ugly.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#37.15)" (2007)

Nice Trailer, Bad Movie

After watching the trailer I thought the would be fun, it was curious though that the last function was at 16:30 hrs.

To begin with the animation was nothing special, the drawings of the characters look cheap and the plot could have been written by a four-grader. It was boring and I feel cheated by the trailer (in a "happy feet" way).

At least I realized that Europe can produce exactly the same kind of superfluous, empty and bad movies without Hollywood. Another disappointing film.

Keep your money and don't watch this crap.