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Wildwood - AniMat's Reviews (Patreon)

Published:
2026-10-21 19:00:13
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2026-10-23 19:08:33
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After over 7 years since they released their last movie, Laika is back with their most ambitious feature yet, Wildwood. In this review, I’ll be analyzing what many are already calling the studio’s masterpiece and debatably better than their fan-favorites like Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings. And with a movie that took Travis Knight and his team 16 years to bring this to life, Wildwood came out as not just their most brutal film that justifies its PG-13 rating, but also their most beautiful that makes this one of the best accomplishments in stop motion animation.

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Justin Monti

I’m honestly extremely jealous that you got to see this early, considering the positive reception this movie has been getting, this is definitely one I wanna check out whenever I get the chance, glad to see Laika hasn’t lost their touch.

Alan Oliva

Woah, that given so much interest to already to go out to see it already. Seriously I thought the trailers were already amazing in themselves, but this really seal the deal to know it's all awesome throughout. Like on par with Aardman works and GDT Pinocchio.

hungy

It may not be the best animated animated feature of the year as people say but it is still amazing on its own right and its officialy the first time ever this decade where animat gave 4 seal of approval and maybe we might get a fith animat seal of approval if a waves turns out to be amazing Hoppers 9/10 Toy story 5 9/10 Forgotten island 9/10 Wildwood 9/10

Hunter O'Laughlin

While this was definitely a well-crafted review, I am disappointed you didn’t make a joke about Curtis looking like you which you pointed out on your podcast. I wonder if you sounded like Curtis when you were his age?

Hunter O'Laughlin

If he does, this year might be the equivalent of 2013 and 2019 when he gave out 5 AniMat Seal of Garbages, but with the AniMat Seal of Approval, which could definitely be a first because I don’t remember if there were any years where he gave out 5 AniMat Seals of Approval in a row.

Mitchell McMullen

Laika really go all out with this one, and it’s totally going to take home Best Animated Feature from the Oscars

Justin Grant

I am disappointed you didn't give this a 10/10 or even as many points as Toy Story 5 and Forgotten Island, but that's still a really good rating. I have always been anticipating this movie for a while now and even started reading the book earlier in the year to prepare myself. And while the book was long, I saw it as the template for a very strong movie. I am so looking forward ot seeing this myself. I even had this plan to read the last chapter of the book, see your review of the film and then see the film itself on the same day. That plan may not happen, but I can still finish the book and see the movie on the same day.

Hayden DeGrow

I'm watching this at the same time as watching Adam Savage tour the LAIKA Studios and examine how each and every character is animated. IT IS MIND-BLOWING the EFFORT this team put into this! This movie deserves every bit of praise it receives, and I KNOW it will win Best Animated Feature! THIS IS A-MA-ZING!

Hunter O'Laughlin

Don’t be a 100% sure though. I thought How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Wild Robot would’ve won but the award went to Big Hero 6 and Flow respectively. Many also thought that Wreck-It Ralph would win Best Animated Feature and that went to Brave. So there’s a possibility it might not win. Just saying as a caution.

Andrew Harkin

Unrelated question: Can you give us any updates on how it's going with the copyright claims at the Felix the Cat videos?

Anthony Estrada

He mentioned in his whats in the box stream that the claim got removed from his review (he's still working on the animat watches) so he will release the review on YouTube next friday (and maybe the next classic review the following day if he gets it done on time)

Kenneth Stoddard

I’m late into this but honestly, this is the best animated film I’ve seen this year. I do understand why Laika hasn’t released another film in 7 years and it all because how they were so busy working on this movie in creating massive epic fantasy film based off from an over 500 pages of a fantasy novel. The way Travis Knight and his team at Laika pulled it off was incredible. I do love watching epic films including animated films like Across the Spiderverse for example and this movie fits with me. From the story, writing, directing, voice acting, the animation, characters, action set pieces, world building, score by Dario Marianelli, the tone, world building, and heart that this movie so stunning and beautiful to watch. Even the story is a little familiar, but the strong execution makes it stand out more to avoid that comparison. I watched it twice while over in Georgia for the weekend and I still believe it the best animated film I’ve seen this year. I don’t know if anyone likes epic fantasy movies like Narnia or The Lord of the Rings especially, then it definitely is for you to see. I do wish this movie to do well even if it more adult animated than a family film because this stop-motion animation craftsmanship is unlike anything you have seen before.