From the Children's Festival section of the Mill Valley Film Festival, Twigson is pure fun the adults can easily sit through with their children. Junior (Adrian Groennevik Smith) and his family have just moved to the beautiful Norwegian countryside. It doesn't take but a few minutes for Junior to realize that children are few and far between and he needs a new playmate, one of his own making. As his dad prunes a nearby tree and scatters branches and twigs, Junior finds Twigson, and human like twig who can talk and move (if not walk on his own). They become close friends instantly and life in the country is complete. On walks in the woods they fight dragons and spy a princess on a horse named Pegasus. They have run ins with the carpenter whom Twigson doesn't trust. They avoid the nasty little girls who they meet at the general store who would steal Twigson and smother him with their doll's kisses. Life is very eventful for Junior and Twigson as the seasons change. While they keep each other company, Junior's parents struggle on to earn a living and keep their new wonderful though decrepit home.
Let's all just forget we're adults for 70 minutes and enjoy our time with Junior and Twigson. Let's play with Twigson, too. I'm willing to overlook that Twigson has a bit of an attitude and changes his stories to fit the also changing circumstances. Things tend to work out in this world they've created -- if you never give up. We have to be reminded that children are better at problem solving than adults who tend to overcomplicate things and get unduly emotional.
Twigson (Norway)
Director: Asleik Engmark
Writer: Brigitte Bratseth based on Anne Cath Vestley's novel Lillebror og Knerten
Cast: , Petrus, Andreas Christiensen, Pernilla Soerensen, Jan Gunnar roeise, Asleik Engmark
Time: 71 min.
Playing at the Mill Valley Film Festival at the Sequoia on October 10, 11 am and October 17, 11 am
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