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In the seventies, Roger Hargreaves had kids and adults tickled pink with the Mr Men and Little Miss books which were a hit world wide. Today, animator Eric Lerner, from Jerusalem, has developed a series of characters and short films which accompany them. His Mr CityMen are wonderfully animated using CGI and seamlessly integrated into live action environments.

The juxtaposition of these drab and bleak city landscapes with these cute and colorful characters is striking.  Coupled with a avant garde soundtrack, these animations work on a variety of levels and evoke various responses from the viewer.

In a sense, it's like a therapy session, only animated. The players, Mr DejaVu , Mr Fortune, Mr Afraid, Mr Dreamer and the oddly named Mr Sunken, are very simply constructed and radiate a slick design as they move across the screen. Cute, clever, clean.by Andy G