from the filmmaker who bring u the march of the penguin and i guess that come with plenty of expectation for the fox and the child . from the harsh winter of the south pole to the lush wilderness in france and the narrative now become part documentary and part fairy tale and which tell of the friendship between the two titular character and renard the fox and it friendship with the child who christen it and play by bertille noel beuneau . the story frankly quite simple and and at time this movie would have look like the many japanese movie which child miscellaneous animal strike a friendship after the development of trust and and how they go about hang around each other and deal with respective adversary and the like . here and the child meet the elegant fox near her home up in the mountain and which provide for plenty of beautiful picture postcard perfect shot that a cinematographer will have to go into overdrive to capture . but while we indulge in wistful scenery and the character do not get to establish that level of trust from the onset and and we have to wait a few season to past and and 45 minute into the film and before they find a leveler in food . the child persistently attempt at strike a bond with the objective of tame the creature for her own amusement and but the fox and well and a other notion of course . while i think the narrative be pretty weak and unlike march of the penguin which have that human narrative interpretation of what happen on screen and what excel here be the documentary element of the movie and trace the life and time of the fox a both a predator and and a prey . between the two and more tension and drama be give to the latter and especially when deal with traditional foe like wolf and and grant and those sequence be fairly intense especially when the child get embroil in it . otherwise and it be plain sailing and quite a bore a the two of them go about their playing with each other and in shot that you know have undergone some movie magic editing . there be surprisingly dark moment in the movie that weren not really quite suitable for child and a those in the same hall attest to it by bawl their eye out suddenly and so parent and you might want to take note and not let your toddler disturb the rest of the movie goer . a a film and i would have prefer this to be a complete documentary ala the march of the penguin and but i guess the way it be resent and probably have the objective of warn u not to meddle with nature and and that some thing be just not mean to be and and should stay a such . decent movie that lean on the strength of the chemistry between bertille noel bruneau and and the multiple fox that play renard .