
The three main characters who become adventurers in the tale are Moomintrol (voiced by Alexander Skarsgard), Sniff (voiced by Mads Mikkelsen), and Snufkin (Peter Stormare).

His distinctive voice lends itself well to this imaginative tale about a comet that is headed on a collision course with the residents of Moominland.Īptly directed by Maria Lindberg, this wonderful world of fascinating characters is set in a world of vibrant colors-red, orange and when the story opens, a rare grey day.

Will they get everybody safe in time?ĭove has had second thoughts on this movie, since we reviewed it in 2016.īased on the book Comet in Moominland by Tove Jannsson, a Swedish book first published in 1946, this delightful animated movie is narrated by the late, great Max Von Sydow. It's time to go back home as fast as they can - surviving an unexpected number of peculiar creatures and dangers on the way. But they make it to the observatory: the professor calculates that a ferocious comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds. The brave entourage, Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin face many obstacles, yet also meet new and old friends. The wise professors there must know what the threat from space is all about! The trek is not easy. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his worried friends build the best raft ever and start on a challenging journey to the observatory. Muskrat declares that this is the way things tend to look like before the earth faces an awful fate coming from the sky. One day, Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moomin Valley-everything is grey not just the sky and the river, but the trees, the ground, the Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to ask the well-read Muskrat if he knows what is happening.
