Full Review: DO DONKEYS ACT? (Canada/Ireland/UK/USA 2017) ***

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Donkeys inhabit and communicate with each other – and the filmmakers – in a Sanctuary.

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Willem Dafoe

It has to happen eventually – a documentary on donkeys from the donkey’s point of view.

One might complain as the poetic prose narrative voiced by actor Willem Dafoe.  It might seem really silly, but after a while, one might accept the directors’ decision and play along with this somewhat funny poetic play.  Sample proses:  “These donkeys have a wind of curiosity on their side.”  “When donkeys walk to a dead end… They have several ways in but no way out.”  Dafoe is the ideal choice as the narrator of such sayings/

The film begins with words on the screen saying how other animals communicate without words but with song or rhythm.  It then goes to say that still others…

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