Consuming Spirits

Consuming Spirits is a 2012 American animated drama film directed by Chris Sullivan and his directorial debut. Partially autobiographical, the movie released on December 12, 2012 in New York City and employs a diverse mixture of different animation styles to tell the stories of three different characters and the anguish they face in their everyday lives.

Consuming Spirits
Directed byChris Sullivan
Produced byChris Sullivan
Written byChris Sullivan
CinematographyChris Sullivan
Edited byChris Sullivan
Release date
Running time
136 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

The movie follows the lives of three residents of the fictional town of Magguson, all of whom work at the town's newspaper The Daily Suggester. While at first the interactions between the three people appear to show a superficial working relationship between them, as the movie progresses the viewer learns that there is a deeper relationship between them all and that all of them have hidden secrets.

Cast
  • Nancy Andrews as Gentian Violet (voice)
  • Chris Sullivan as Victor Blue (voice)
  • Judith Rafael as Mother Beatrice Elastica (voice)
  • Mary Lou Zelazny as Ida Blue (voice)
  • Chris Harris as Peabody Shampling (voice)
  • Robert Levy as Earl Gray (voice)

Reception

Critical reception for Consuming Spirits has been predominantly positive and the film holds a score of 81 on Metacritic (based on 12 reviews) and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 19 reviews).[1][2] Despite this, a Swiss site reported that most of the audience left the theater during a showing at the Fantoche animated film festival in Baden, Switzerland.[3] A reviewer for NPR recommended the film and called it "emotionally raw, thoroughly original".[4]

Awards

References
  1. "Consuming Spirits". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. "Consuming Spirits". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. "Fantoche 2013: Die Preise sind vergeben!" (in German). Outnow.ch. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. Buckwalter, Ian (11 December 2012). "A 'Consuming' Portrait Of Appalachian Life". NPR. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. "Consuming Spirits". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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