I really liked this film. I'm sure it was based on a children's story because it seemed like one. The whole of assignment day reminded me of Bee Movie in that really you choose a profession by chance and then you're stuck with it until you retire or die. I think I would be devastated if I was a professional potato peeler or mold scraper. Talk about sucky. Funny enough, I can trace this back to Ancient Greece. By the time I got to the end of thhe movie all I could think about is how this is so much like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" where everyone is chained to the cave, i.e. the townspeople as they see what the civic decides what they should see and know. The quest for truth is coincidentally outside of the cave. Certainly philosophical. I could be reading to far into this, but it happens to be more popular than people would think. It was a cute family adventure movie. Maybe if it would have gotten more press and had a better title, it may have attracted more people to see it. It really was a great film. I always think that family and children's films are really directed towards adult. Only an adult could truly appreciate the layers, references and ambiance a film has. For children its really just about liking the things that draw their attention.
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