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The Lost Thing (2010)

Jun 03, 2010 Animation, Drama, Science Fiction 0h 15m
69%
User Score
7.3/10

Overview

A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

Andrew Ruhemann
Director
Shaun Tan
Director

Top Billed Cast

Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin

Narrator (voice)

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Media

The Lost Thing Trailer
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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on April 7, 2024

A lad is combing the beach for additions to his bottle top collection when he encounters a great big red metallic object - with tentacles. It looks something akin to an octopus stuck in a diving bell! He says hello and suddenly it comes alive. Armed with two great pincers up front, it just wants to play ball and build sandcastles with it's new human friend. As the day comes to a close, the boy realises that his pal has nowhere to go. No home, no friends, no nothing! He goes to his boffin mate to try and identify his tin friend, but in the end they have to conclude it's lost and so he will just have to take it home to his sceptical parents - dirty feet or not! Then he sees an advert on the telly for the "Federal Dept. for Odds and Ends". That became his plan - surely they'd know? Well they ...

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