Humdrum

This short film revolves around a couple of characters who are bored and want something to do . How about a game of chess ? Unfortunately one of the characters has eaten the pieces so that's that idea extinguished .... Full review

'Humdrum', spurned out by a UK animation studio more famous for its stop-motion work, is a creative and offbeat little animated film that delivers pure unadulterated entertainment in all seven minutes of its running time.As with most Aardman films, the... Full review

Two shadowy characters sit at home bored with only some `weird animation thing' on the telly. They try various things to stave off the boredom, welcoming the interruption of the door bell before resorting to playing shadow puppets.Starting out with... Full review

Nominated for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Humdrum is the tale of two bored shadow puppets who play charades on an afternoon. I don't know if this has been released to video or not but the... Full review

I found this film incredibly funny. The dialogue is one of a kind and the idea is brilliant: Shadowpuppets doing shadowpuppets because they are bored. I think this is a great short film that everyone should see. There are not... Full review

This short animation appears to have been done by casting shadows of cutout characters onto various backgrounds. It's the story of a couple of brit slacker/losers with nothing to do on an afternoon. One of them gets the idea to... Full review