This is a very sweet animated movie I remember from the seventies.The story in the movie is a book that a father is reading to his son, who'd rather be watching television, but finally settles down to listen to his father's story and imagine the setting and characters for himself. It's animation style accentuates a child's simple, but sometimes confused point of view; it features memorable songs written and performed by Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr's soothing British voice tells the story of little Oblio, a child born without a point of his own in a town where everyone and everything was expected to have one (the people all have pointed heads) and where the primary industry was making them. SPOILER ALERT? I'm not sure that this movie can really be 'spoiled' but I'm going to outline the entire plot in this review. I think that most people who would be interested in buying it have probably already seen it somewhere else, as it's not very well known. The movie is very charming and sweet, and while the plot tries to create some mild suspense and people seem somewhat cavalier about banishing a very young boy into the forest, I doubt anyone has ever been surprised that nothing at all truly bad happens in it and everything is set right in the end.
Oblio and his pointed dog, Arrow, are quite well liked by everyone, except the Duke, and his son, who manage to use an obscure law to have poor Oblio banished to the Pointless Forest. Everyone in town, including the King, regrets not standing up for Oblio and not questioning a law that they all come to agree was a bad one. For his part Oblio manages to remain cheerful and doesn't seem to blame anyone, even the villainous, manipulative Duke, or his snotty son. After a very short journey through the Pointless Forest, during which he encounters several quite bizarre creatures and puzzling characters, Oblio returns to the village to be welcomed back by everyone in the village, who are all relieved at his safe return and for the chance to stand up for him, except, of course, the Duke and his son.
The Duke, like any villain would, tries to insist that Oblio doesn't belong in the Village and have him thrown back out, but Oblio insists that he has something important to say and the Duke is told to be quiet so he can speak. Oblio announces that he has discovered that nearly everything in the so-called 'Pointless Forest' seems to have a point, except for the one person there who's constantly pointing, and that he has realized that everyone has a point - even himself. The King says that Oblio, "has a point," but the Duke removes Oblio's cap to prove that he doesn't, only to reveal that Oblio has grown a point. Somehow, the shock of seeing that Oblio has a point causes the Duke, and then everyone else in the Village to lose their own points and the movie ends with everyone cheerfully getting used to the idea that even though they no longer have pointed heads they all still have a point. Oblio is reunited with his family and presumably they all live happily ever after.
My grandchildren enjoyed it, and asked to watch it again. Even the adults all agreed they liked it. Everything about the movie is mild and simplistic, but it still manages to be fun and the songs are quite good. The Movie, of course has 'a point', which is that no matter how different someone might appear to be they still deserve to be treated with respect and that everyone matters, or 'has a point'. I highly recommend it to anyone with kids or grand kids. It's certainly much better than a lot of the low-budget children's animation available.
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It’s a wonderful Harry Nilsson narrated by Ringo Starr animated movie ......a classic
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