Brad Bird's "Ray Gunn" Brings Retro-Futurist Noir to Animation

Brad Bird has a new animated feature, "Ray Gunn," which Variety has reviewed. The trade paper calls the film a retro-futurist noir, a genre that pairs the look of an imagined future with the conventions of the detective story. The review's main praise is for the film's energy, which it weighs against how much charm the picture carries. It also notes a line of dialogue, an invitation into the future, that comes back several times over the course of the film.

With reporting from Variety Film.