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Animated Suicide Musical (Spoiled)


The subject might be too morbid for some, but it doesn't really bother me. A family of deeply unhappy people own a suicide shop offering various ways to kill yourself. They sing about it, their patrons sing about it, people die. One day, the mother gives birth and the baby...gasp...smiles. Meanwhile the father becomes depressed when he witnesses one of his own clients commit suicide and begins questioning his existence. You can figure out the rest...the boy ends up teaching the family ways of being happy rather than looking forward to death all the time. All of a sudden, everyone does a complete 180 and they're happy and celebrating life. It's the typical moral message of love triumphing in the end, which only makes it more depressing for those of us who are alone. Kind of a cop-out ending for a suicide movie if you ask me, but I suppose it would be irresponsible otherwise.

The music isn't bad either. Sort of resembles a darker Nightmare Before Christmas, but in French.

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Yeah it's like a dumb version of the Addams Family but with a moral judgement on what happiness is. Meh.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

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Agreed, a judgey Adams family rip-off sums it up.

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