"It's a winner." - Mike Hale, New York Times
"Dazzling…take[s] us places we've never been, only to reaffirm our commonality…
." - Ty Burr, Boston Globe
"Its nine short films embrace enough visual ideas, graphic media, and emotional tones to populate an aesthetic ecosystem…everything an animation package should be." - Eric Scigliano, Culture Fiend
"Between the belly laughs and the moments of wonder, you will understand a basic truth: Animation is the universal language."
- Paul Constant, The Stranger
"Dazzling, challenging and heartening all at once…the range of styles is astounding…both entertaining and breathtaking."
- Tom Long, The Detroit News
"First-rate compilation offers a filling multicourse meal for the discerning grownup toon fan." - Dennis Harvey, Variety
"'Nine Nation Animation' proves that there's a lot more to the animator's art than either the cutting-edge ultra-realism of Pixar or the flat functionality of sitcoms like The Simpsons…offers a virtual catalog of the tools available to the animator…mind-bending visuals."
- Andrew Schenker, The Village Voice
"The films are remarkably consistent in quality…eerily, poignantly irrational…." - Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine.com
