"Daisy-Head Mayzie" is a television short film from 1995. It runs for slightly over 20 minutes only and was directed by Tony Collingwood. He received his only Emmy nomination for his work here. The big name here, however, is of course Dr. Seuss, the famous writer for children's works that brought us the Lorax, the Cat in the Hat and many more. But this one here is in my opinion not among his greatest achievements. Then again, he was dead already for a while when this came out, so maybe the base material is better than this version here. I'm not sure. I'm more surprised it received an Emmy nomination though, but not surprised it lost to the Simpsons. I think the animation is also not too good for a film from only slightly over 20 years ago. Seuss's stuff from earlier decades is at least on the same level. And I never found the title character too interesting, it is a girl that has a daisy growing out of her head and after this daisy results in others laughing at the girl initially, it eventually helps her in becoming a star. But is this really what she wants/needs? Of course, as always with Dr. Seuss, there is also a lesson involved again in the final sequence, but I must say it did not feel too authentic or working in the overall sense of the film. Sure it is a honorable one, but it feels somewhat dissected from the film and a bit rushed in. So yeah, it is not a failure at all and the biggest Seuss fans will probably like it, but I don't think it's a good choice to start digging into the doctor's work. I give it a thumbs-down overall and not even the rhymes (usually the biggest strength in the writer's work) weren't always delivering that well.
Review of Daisy-Head Mayzie
