Road To Independence

Bob Hall
The true history of the founding of the United States and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Fantastic and put together well. It is not animation like Pixar but more like the animations from the 70s kind of reminds me of a version of a Christmas Carol that I saw as a kid. It is all from the actual letters and minutes from the meetings and the people of the time. I enjoyed it immensely.

REAL History
Mike Church brings to life the real history of the move to American independence. This movie brings to life true patriots...individuals who stood up for their rights of self-government, self-determination, and liberty. A must watch for every American who wants to know how the British American colonies became free and independent States.

Stilted Distracting Animation; Solid Content
I heard the inspired audio of this film on July 4th this year on XM radio.

I was moved to purchase the DVD, especially after reading so many "rave" reviews. Unfortunately I will depart from the rave reviews and comment that the animation in this film is just awful. I admit it, I am a big fan of great animation, and have been spoiled by Pixar, and other first class animation.

I realize that this film is not about the animation but the extremely important historic content. My review does not take away from that part. The audio is fine too. I just found myself wishing I could turn off the visually distracting one dimensional characters to at least enjoy the message. I actually hoped to inspire my 15 year old son with this film, but we ended up chuckling at what he called the "bobble heads." Okay, enough. I know the intentions and efforts of the producer and his crew were sincere and I do not wish to make light of the effort.

This film does teach, and...

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