Some movies are such singular achievements that they deserve to be seen at least once by everyone who considers himself or herself to be a lover of film.

A superb exercise in understated terror that puts to shame “horror” films that rely on jump scares and cheap theatrics.

The cast is top-notch and the characters are sufficiently likable but the movie’s vanilla narrative repeatedly offers unsurprising plot points.

Director Harbaugh presents grief as it is, in all its pain and ugliness, rather than using the convenient, uplifting short-hand that Hollywood prefers.

This concept, although suitable for a short, is too thin for a full animated feature and wears out its welcome long before the end credits arrive.

One of the year’s most energetic, visually rewarding, and ultimately exhausting motion pictures.