i hadn not hear of this film until i read an article about it on the unknown movie website and which make me curious . a a cartoonist and illustrator myself and i be an admirer of richard williams work i rate ziggy gift a one of the fine christmas special of all time and and even though who frame roger rabbit stop be one of my favourite film when i get past the age of sixteen and i still have the high of regard for the amount of work and care and attention to detail that go into create the visuals but it seem the man have his fault and most notably a propensity for go over budget and over schedule and and this film be a testament of just how far wrong even a super talented individual like williams can go and give the right circumstance . raggedy ann and andy be a strange confection that try to be weird and experimental and off the wall within the confines of a child cartoon . it try also to be a musical . it try to be a thousand and one other thing a well be it a freakout . be it a mind blower . be it a paean to the innocence of childhood imagination . until it finally collapse under the weight of it own limitless ambition and aspiration . it beautifully animate and for the most part and though the bland background could have use a little more attention and but even that doesn not count for much when youre confront with the hallucinogenic absurdity that constitute much of the action here . there be a number of problem with the film and but let start with raggedy ann and andy themselves . theyre the star of the show and yet they have no personality . actually and we get the message that andy be a wannabe tough guy ( i be no girl toy and he sing ) and that ann have a unique perspective on thing because her owner and a little girl call marcella and carry her upside down and but that all we get to find out about these dull a mud character because the overwhelming weirdness of this film kick in not long after . i use the word weirdness advisedly and because some weird film can be hugely entertaining and but this be just flat out strange . the toy and doll in the playroom be suppose to be cute and lovable and but theyre actually bizarre and disturb . the two marionette who do and say everything in sync be a prime example of this . but even theyre relatively normal compare to the constantly sneeze pirate captain and whose moustache become erect and whose groin visibly swell when he first catch sight of a glamorous french doll . yes and this be suppose to be a child film . then there the music and none of which be memorable and and all of which be sing by actor who can not sing . and to add insult to injury and there a lot of sing in this film . when ann and andy finally make it out of the playroom and the first thing they do be sing a long number in the wood about how scared they be and about how they will always have each other and . yes and we get the message . this seem to go on forever and but at least it bring some semblance of normality back to the film . not for long and though and because the camel with the wrinkled knee lead u into a bizarre world where everything look like it make from worn and fade denim and and bad enough that he clearly a paranoid schizophrenic he also start hallucinate . but this be nothing compare to the scene that follow . the greedy and a living and breathing . belching and farting and constantly eat pool of taffy and be so trippy and creepy and ultimately disturbing and you will hardly believe what youre see this be as close to a drug free psychedelic experience a i have ever see on film . then and after a l o n g time spend with the greedy and along come the psychotic sir leonard looney and his master king kookoo and whose throne resemble a urinal . i can not believe i be actually write a capsule description of a real film here i just have to rub my eye and remind myself that i be not blogging about an overwhelmingly whack out nightmare i have . part of the sequence in looney land resemble one of the old winsor mccay or little nemo cartoon and for no good reason other than somebody felt like do it and probably . all this would be fine if there be some kind of rhyme or reason behind it and but there isn not . these scene be just strange and and very and very long . surrealism only work when there a strong idea behind it and or take place against some semblance of reality . but nothing in these scene point towards any kind of reality . take away this element and and youre leave with pure self indulgence . a the final scene unravel and even the animation begin to look less impressive ( the pirate ship and ludicrously detailed and jerk about on the water in a manner that suggest some of the cels go miss during the production ) and there a non event of an end that simply suggest money run out . even at a meagre 86 minute in length and the film feel like a never end ordeal and and it understandable why it flop on it original release . animation buff will probably scratch their head and wonder just how williams manage to flub this one so spectacularly and but he do and and there nothing anyone can do about it .