This movie is teetering on the edge of "not recommended," but there were just enough interesting things that kept Film Noir on the "recommended" side of the fence.

The problem?  The animation stank.  I know there are different styles of animation, and I'm not just saying that this wasn't to my taste.  I'm saying it was bad.  Apparently it was rotoscoped, but not well.  The characters' hands always look like they have thick work gloves on.  Not enough attention was paid to the details.

Problem two was the second half of the story falls flat.  I actually got a little bored at the end.  Especially when it all got a little slap-sticky, which was totally out of sync with the rest of the movie.

BUT ... but, the first half of the story is amazing.  I loved some of the scenes.  The voice work is wonderful.  And the soundtrack was right in line with my current obsession with Devastations - dreamy and sad.