If I had a nickel for every time a streaming giant released a tale about a guy forming a close emotional bond with an octopus, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Disney has just released a new four-minute holiday short directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Our Flag Means Death), available to stream on YouTube.
Largely dialogue-free and scored by an instrumental version of The Little Mermaid's "Part of Your World," The Boy & The Octopus follows a child who returns from a trip to the beach with an unwelcome tentacled mollusc resolutely attached to his head. Fortunately, the boy's distress soon evaporates as he and the wide-eyed octopus develop an unusual friendship, eventually culminating in a Christmas adventure.
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