Do Not Disturb

The scouts

A groundhog stands up to a bear—cute premise, sure, but there's nothing here that breaks the mold or makes you reconsider what animation comedy can do. It's the kind of family-friendly shorts that play at every festival, and I genuinely don't see what makes it resist the consensus.

Dasari deploys a classic David-and-Goliath structure with solid comedic timing and charming character design, though the execution feels more YouTube-ready than formally inventive—competent animation without the compositional or editorial choices that would anchor it to a deeper lineage.

The economy here is what sells it: one minute to establish Dazey's territorial resolve through pure physicality and expression, letting the performance—not exposition or dialogue—do all the heavy lifting in a film where every frame has to earn its place.