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October 23, 2026

At The Movies: ‘Wildwood' builds a world the story can't match

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

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Based on a 2011 fantasy novel by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis, “Wildwood” follows a Portland teenager who ventures into a magical forest to rescue her baby brother.

Everything about “Wildwood” is ambitious. It's a stop-motion animated movie that stretches over two hours, with 230 hand-controlled puppets across 132 sets, shot frame by frame by frame by frame. It sounds exhausting to make and that's also sometimes what it feels like to watch it.


 
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