''Minotaur and Little Nerkin'' is a 1999 British film. Its full name appears, according to the film itself, to be ''Minotaur and Little Nerkin in Bait'', suggesting that its name is in fact "Bait", as an episode of a suggested series of films called ''Minotaur and Little Nerkin'', of which no other episodes were made, or that the name of the film is ''Bait'' and is merely stating it stars Minotaur and Little Nerkin. ''Minotaur and Little Nerkin'' is the name used on the packaging for the Movie DVD.

Plot

Imdb explains the synopsis: "What could possibly tempt the tastebuds of an anthropomorphized bull and his tiny duck-like friend? A severed hand! Dee-lish! But be careful - we've heard that baked hand causes heartburn!" A green duck, Little Nerkin, passes the house of the Minotaur who invites him in, while dancing to music (a version of " Walk Don't Run", originally by

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). After Nerkin walks in the house, he sees a severed hand bouncing on the table and convinces Minotaur to cook it for him. After heating the hand in the microwave, Minotaur serves the hand to Nerkin, who swallows it whole. However, the hand causes heartburn, which leads to Nerkin's death. It is then revealed that it was all a part of Minotaur's plan to cook and eat Nerkin.

Characters

* Minotaur * Little Nerkin * Severed hand

Production

Films at 59 was responsible for the sound. The film is in CGI, and was produced in

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5. The film was included in the 2004 DVD Aardman Classics.

Critical reception

On imdb, Minotaur and Little Nerkin received a rating of 4.4/10 from 94 users as of February 2016. Dr. Grob's Animation Review gave the film two stars out of five, saying whilst the film is "remarkable for its morbid humor and original technique, it is nonetheless an ugly and unfunny film, that fails to entertain, let alone impress the viewer." However, Aardman had included it on their compilation release of ''Aardman Classics'', composed of some of their short films they consider to be classic.

References

British animated short films Animated films without speech 1990s animated short films 1990s English-language films {{short-animation-film-stub