Norman Television (2016 Video) User Reviews

Perfect - drama, actions and comedic. Best short so far

[sisubalan · 8/10 · 29 October 2022]

Not fond of norman that much from the secret life of pets movie or the series, but he or it was really good in this less than 5 minutes short. Very dramatic, with great funny moments and the best part was the amazing action scene - very superhero vibe. Not gonna lie, loving the simple yet interesing plot (very creative) and the voice castings were really compelling - very dramatic. Great animation by illumination as always and cool sound effects. Wish they could serialised this and make use of this very same concept lol. Ideal for kids and adults. Great intro/illumination's title scene. Highly recommended.

On the same level as the full feature

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 21 May 2017]

I must admit that I did not enjoy too much "The Secret Life of Pets" last year and found it one of the more disappointing animated movies of 2016, so I certainly wasn't expecting too much for "Norman Television" here, a 4-minute (3.5 without credits) add-on short film that takes us into the world of Norman, the guinea-pig of the full feature film. But hey, perhaps as a guinea-pig owner, I may still see some quality in it. Nah not really. Norman is basically taking reality television to the next level, namely in 3D you could say and eventually even has a major impact on what happens to the human characters who really just seem to be puppets on Norman's strings it seems eventually. But neither the early comedy nor the final drama are too entertaining or even memorable. Jacq, Louati and Favela who made this one worked on other films in minor positions and this little film could have been a great application for them to perhaps get a job as key director/writer in a big prestige project, but they came somewhat short I guess. Oh yeah, final note Norman was voiced by Chris Renaud, a 2-time Oscar nominee and you maybe will recognize his voice from other projects he has worked on about certain small yellow creatures. But back to this one here: I give it a thumbs-down and don't recommend checking it out. Glad it was that short.