Pear Cider and Cigarettes

2016

Animation / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 77%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 1380 1.4K

Plot summary

The brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a self-destructive, yet charismatic friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.

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Robert Valley

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321.76 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
12 hr 34 min
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596.24 MB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
12 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by derwhipp 7 / 10

Flawed but pretty good

It's an unusual addiction story in that very few addicts will have the resources that are available to the main character of this animated short. But we've heard the same addiction stories a million times, so it's an interesting and haunting voyage into territory most of us won't experience. I agree with other reviewers about its flaws but it is still very well done and very much worth watching unless you need absolute perfection in your audio/visual entertainment.
Reviewed by framptonhollis 7 / 10

powerful and haunting

This short, animated documentary/drama is an amazing and deeply personal work of art. It is both beautiful and ugly, showing the struggles of such strong, adult topics as addiction, alcoholism, and death. Although it is at times a very difficult and emotional film to watch, there's still a surprising sense of humor that flows throughout.It all plays out like a radio show or an audio book, there is no dialogue, just detailed and, at times, hilarious narration. It is told from the perspective of the filmmaker, as he recounts his relationship with his daredevil and at times criminal friend Techno, from their childhood life to his crippling future as an alcoholic to his unfortunate and young death.Techno obviously wasn't the smartest or nicest guy in the world, but the film allows us to feel sympathy for him. This is definitely among the leading contenders in the best animated short at the Oscars this year!
Reviewed by Hellmant 6 / 10

The other Oscar nominated animated shorts were able to accomplish so much more!

'PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES': Three Stars (Out of Five) A 35-minute Oscar nominated animated short. This one is about a man's desperate attempts to save his troubled friend; by bringing him home to Vancouver, from a Chinese military hospital. The man has also known the friend since childhood, and he's sadly always known that he's been self destructive all of his life. The short was written and directed by Robert Valley; who's also directed such popular animated TV shows as 'AEON FLUX', 'TRON: UPRISING' and the recent 'WONDER WOMAN'. This is my least favorite of the 2017 Oscar nominated animated shorts (and I even liked it less than the 'Highly Commendable' animated shorts that were played with it in theaters). I like how dark it is, and it's very reminiscent of the director's other work, but it's also really depressing and boring. At 35- minutes it just goes on for way too long; the other Oscar nominated animated shorts were able to accomplish so much more, in a much shorter amount of time!Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/jPkZ6fs4g1c
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