I have to apologize to my fiance after dragging her to drive away dolls and then this. I might lose my right to take her to the movies. All I can say is the creepy meat puppets are cool, but this film is pretty dumb. Lose plot and uninteresting characters drag this movie down long before the third act delivers the death blow. Little weary of IFC movies currently

>–*"It's a wonderful medium, isn't it? Bringing dead things to life."* –*"What happens when it takes on a life of it's own?"* I went into this thinking it would offer stunning stop-motion animation segments but a boring cheap story but it's not the case, I enjoyed both. ***Stopmotion*** is about an artist so deperate to find her own creative voice that she ends up losing her sanity while searching for it. The story and themes aren't anything new but the execution is what makes it good and memorable. I'm in love with the stop-motion segments in this movie, they're some of the best horror centered stop-motion segments i've seen in a while (*Coraline* and *Mad God* are easy inspirations here). Really creepy, disturbing, morbid, grotesque, unsettling stuff. We also get some of the best practical effects i've seen in a while; the wax face, the squirmish gore, the body horror, the miniature sets and figurines... so creative! That one scene where the two mediums (stop-motion and "real life") meet was the best sequence. Really good central performance from Aisling Franciosi but the child actress (Caoilinn Springall) absolutely stole the show anytime she was on-screen, she's so confident and knows how to get real creepy. A decent creepy score and the sound is crisp. The dialogue is metaphorical and so is the story. There are some slow parts that could have been shorter and better handled. The sister wasn't necessary in my opinion. The twist was super obvious. Great ending. Could use a rewatch to make sense of everything. An easy recommendation for any horror fan or practical effects freak!

Yet another entry in the “a woman with a generic trauma goes down a spiral of insanity + insert random gimmick here” genre. The gimmick of the day is that the woman is a stop-motion animator. Most probably, thanks to my soft spot for creepy clay dolls, I never found the film boring. Still, it’s hard to deny that it leans on the usual stereotypes without even bothering to connect the elements introduced along the way. In particular, the relationship with the mother and the themes related to creativity could have used an extra beat in the final act. The direction was quite good.

Master piece !! I love It so much !!