‘Wildwood’ Will Take Your Breath Away

Wildwood is an impossible film about confronting the impossible: the impossibility of moving on after a sudden tragedy; the impossibility of giving up on the ones you love; the impossibility, sometimes, of conception; the impossibility of magic. The feats of stop-motion animation Wildwood pulls off are breathtaking, mystifying; it is, without a doubt, a new standard-bearer for the art form. It’s such a joy to watch that even minor quibbles about its overstuffed plot and abundance of themes—not all of…