Give Up Yer Aul Sins (2001) Poster

(2001)

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7/10
Pretty original and likable
planktonrules8 February 2008
Who would have thought that the story of John the Baptist could be told in such a disarming and charming manner. This very simple film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film for the 2002 Oscars and I can see why. It's a rather cute single concept about a film crew filming a little kid talking about what occurred with John the Baptist. The story is told in a voice that definitely sounds like a kid but probably can't be because the child talked very quickly and practically never breathed during the entire retelling! And to go with the story and it's many quirky details is some splendidly different and creative animation.

Christians and non-Christians should probably find this film fun and non-offensive. It is certainly different but well worth a quick peek.
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8/10
Background on the film
osullivanconor17 March 2012
Just a small correction on the above. The voices of the children in the "Give up yer aul sins" series are real. They are taken from recordings of children in their religious studies classes made in an inner city Dublin school during the 1960s. Their teacher introduced a cassette recorder as an incentive to the children to learn the Bible stories with the suggestion that they'd be on the radio if they did a good job. The recordings were forgotten about for thirty years before being discovered again. Excerpts were played on Irish radio and touched a cord with listeners remembering a now distant Ireland. EMI secured the rights to release them on CD and eight years after that animator Cathal Gaffney together with Brown Bag films begin to animate the collection.
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8/10
Satisfyingly Low-Concept
SammyK10 March 2002
Now, if I had my say in the awarding of an Oscar for best animated short, I'd probably hand it over to this little gem of a movie. Its simple, yet hilarious premise involves animating a little Irish school girl's monologue involving her interpretation of the story of John the Baptist. The technique, which I believe has been used by Robert Smigel of "TV Funhouse" among others, is essentially to animate the girl's little tangents and colloquialisms of speech. The depictions of Jesus, and Salome approaching King Herod are priceless. Clever, witty, and satisfyingly low-concept.
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10/10
What should have won.
Frambrick8 April 2002
As a person who openly hates the Academy Awards, I will say this: Without them, most of us would never hear of such great films as "A Man Thing", "Fifty Percent Gray", or "The Accountant", nor would we be exposed to this little gem of a movie. It's nothing fancy. It's nothing flashy. The computer effects aren't obvious, but just there. It beats the hell out of "For the Birds" and is just as impressive. You want your Oscar-worthy film? Here it is.
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9/10
Salome's Dance
Hitchcoc2 November 2021
This is aa very funny little film as a little girl, in her own voice, tells the story of John the Baptist becoming the victim of Herod and Salome. She is driven to keep going, telling about John's beheading to satisfy a courtesan. Well done with some striking line drawings for characters.
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