"The lovingly sullen atmosphere of the film never falls into misanthropy, partially because Plympton (and his audiences) find too much joy in laughing at the characters’ ornery behavior and the bizarre way the situations resolve themselves. The detour may be long and nightmarish, but at the end of Plympton’s journey there is redemption and hope, however—as Penelope Huston said of the endings of Preston Sturges’ films—always with a Cheshire cat’s grin."Read my full review of Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels online here at The L Magazine.
http://www.thelmagazine.com/lmag_blog/blog/post__05010804.cfm
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