The Little Prince (2015)
Chosen by me as it was on Netflix and I had been introduced to it via the medium of board game by a friend.
Perhaps not quite as well known here as in it's native France or the States (I was mostly aware of it for being referenced in a Futurama episode) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's slight tale is expanded for this film, mostly successfully.
The newly added modern day framework may annoy purists but it adds a Neil Gaiman-esque element to the proceedings making it a tale about how tales are told, and why they are so important.
The two clashing styles of animation end up marrying together quite well though it's hard not to long for the more retro stop motion style look of the Aviator's story over the smooth but slightly bland modern cg take of the contemporary story line.
The whole thing is charming and affecting, funny and a little sad.
Not quite to the standard of another classic children's lit. animated adaptation, The Iron Giant but worthy of being talked about in the same breath.
Here is a video of a couple of my friends talking about the original book in which you get to see some of the delightful art before playing the rather splendid and cut-throat board game
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