Animation

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Scarygirl

Passion Pictures Australia

Highly Spirited

Like A Photon Creative

Cosmic Dino Studio

Alceon Entertainment Partners

Madman Entertainment

Australia

English

Jillian Nguyen

Remy Hii

Sam Neill

Rob Collins

Tim Minchin

Anna Torv

Liv Hewson

Deborah Mailman

Dylan Alcott

Mark Coles Smith

Kate Murphy

Ricard Cussó

Cristin O'Carroll

Nathan Jurevicius

Nathan Geppert

Tania Vincent

Kristen Souvlis

Nadine Bates

Ryan Greaves

Julia Adams

Steven Matusko

Michael Favelle

Tomás Yankelevich

Peter Bevan

Mariana Sanjurjo

Brett Thornquest

Sarra Watts

Gabbrielle Warren

Stuart Morton

Matt Villa

Courtney Teixera

Paul Kassab

Ack Kinmonth

John Stevenson

Michelle McGilvray

Les Turner

Polly Watkins

Matt Everitt

Craig Behenna

Sophie Byrne

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"Arkie" lives with her octopus dad "Blister" on the peninsula where he does his best to harness the sunlight to protect the delicately balanced eco-structure. She's not an octopus, though - more a sort of hybrid of human being with just the one green tentacle, and she's not great when it comes to helping out with the complexities of her dad's intricate contraptions for distributing the sunlight. Meantime, "The Keeper" in the nearby city of light has tasked some searchers to seek out her dad. Her boss "Dr. Maybee" is convinced that he possesses the energy necessary to repatriate him with his long lost daughter. When "Blister" is duly apprehended, "Arkie" must follow him into the big city with her new friends "Bunniguru" the rabbit and 'Egg" to thwart his plan before her father is little better than a cephalopod smoothie. Loads of daft adventures, a menacing baddie who looks like the love child of Terence Stamp and Lionel Jeffries and gadgets and gizmos now feature as the rescue begins. The writing isn't the best but the characters are quite good fun with plenty going on and an underlying environmental message that's presented to us whimsically rather than imposed upon us. The storyline presents us with the usual character virtues of loyalty, friendship and determination and there's quite a bit of imagination gone into the look of this film. I was on my own in the cinema for this screening, which was a bit of a shame - it is worth a trip to see the colourful animation to best effect - it will look really ordinary of the television.

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Jillian Nguyen

Remy Hii

Sam Neill

Rob Collins

Tim Minchin

Anna Torv

Liv Hewson

Deborah Mailman

Dylan Alcott

Mark Coles Smith

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