Free Jimmy

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Ben R @RT11261248 06/04/2025 Free Jimmy is a bizarre and rather unhinged masterpiece of a film that tackles the subject of addiction in a way that no other piece of media has managed to capture. It is a near perfect blend of absurdity and reality. See more Stein Ove M @RT32402478 04/16/2025 Though they got a great casting for the English version, this one will inevitably be lots more fun for us Norwegians. These guys are well-known comic book characters in Norway,and the dark humour is very on point. (If you like dark comedy like "Trainspotting",this will be right up your alley.) See more 05/26/2022 I honestly didn't see any problems with the uneven tone until the titular elephant befriended a moose. These scenes are the best in the whole movie with wholesome interactions communicated entirely through visuals all culminating in a tragic end. It made all the absurd violent slapstick all the more jarring. Free Jimmy does certainly have a unique charm to it. The voice actors for the English dub do a good job and there are a few moments where I burst out laughing thanks to some decent comedic timing, especially with Kyle MacLachlan's animal activist. The animation and character designs are ugly but they honestly grew on me in a weird way. Probably because unappealing animation does not equal a movie of poor quality. Of course, Free Jimmy has its downsides. There's the clashing tones once Jimmy becomes friends with a moose, some of the black comedy relating to animals was cringey without Crossing the Line Twice and none of the human characters are worth rooting for since they all, including the animal activists/TWAATS, want Jimmy for their own ulterior motives. I've never seen the original version and I've only seen the dub so I can't be sure whether the problems are a result of Norwegian script's nuance being lost in translation or if Norway's sense of humour doesn't lend itself well to other countries. Which is a shame because it seems that Simon Pegg's English script left the story largely unchanged outside of changing some of the characters' nationalities and having the first 10 minutes set in England. At least it didn't pull the same stunt as Doogal and have pop culture references everywhere that weren't in the original as if namedropping IPs that were popular at the time is the joke. Free Jimmy is certainly an unconventional animated movie that deals with some heavy themes such as animal cruelty and drug trafficking whose uneven mix of comedy and drama make it a movie worth checking out at least once, even if I don't share Saberspark's opinions about this being surprisingly good*. It has far too many flaws for me to call it a good movie but it's also too competently made and dubbed, with even the ugly animation being more strangely charming than off-putting, to qualify as "so bad, it's good". *I actually first heard of Free Jimmy years before Saberspark uploaded his video talking about it, mostly when I was browsing IMDb and saw a poster related to my current searches about some elephant. I saw the trailer, shrugged it off and moved on with my life none the wiser before I saw the title on TVTropes years later, clicked on it and got a serious case of deja vu. My point is, while people might have grown more interested in seeing this peculiar piece of Norwegian adult animation because of Saberspark, I grew more interested because of memories flooding back to me. So now you know a small piece of trivia about me. See more 03/03/2021 Absolutely amazing! People are being extremely harsh on this movie, it's not meant to be a feel-good story, it's supposed to make you think, and tell a tragic story. It's not the best movie ever, but it definitely does not deserve the rating it has See more 02/27/2021 I really liked this film. Its not perfect, but it certainly ain't a 10% See more 07/06/2020 Unless you're familiar with sub-culture Norwegian musician Joachim (Jokke) Nielsen and his life&demise, you are probably lost. The movie was created by his brother after his untimely passing, to honor his memory. Jokke is the elephant (in the room), basically. Describes the non-glamourous side of fame in a humourus and absurd manner. See more Read all reviews

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