I may not have been in the exact right mood to watch this but I thought it was a miss when it comes to animated movies. Which is a real shame, because there is a lot to recommend it. First, it revolves around a Chinese fable that is associated with the Moon Festival, which is the traditional Autumn Festival. It is not as well known as the Spring Festival, also known as the New Year's Festival, so there is something to learn about another culture, which is a good thing, especially if your home base culture is a bit xenophobic. Unfortunately, there just isn't the plot or the story line to propel this to greatness.
The story is this. Fei Fei has lost her mother, and after four years of just the two of them, he is looking to remarry. Fei Fei thinks that means that he has forgotten her mother. She wants the fable of Chang'e, the Moon goddess who is waiting for he husband Hou Yi (who is not actually such a great guy in the legend, but here comes off well), to be what her father does as well. So here is where it gets wacky--she goes to the moon to talk to Chang'e, and she is escorted there by two lions, which are also part of the traditional festival. The animation is not up to the best of the best either.
One thing that is highlighted is that moon cakes are a traditional part of the celebration and that they are different in different parts of China. At movie's end I was thinking maybe I need to try them (even though we are closer to the Spring Festival than the Autumn one).
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