SELECTED REVIEWS
“Powerfully evocative… What a fantastic piece of art!”
Double Oscar-winner EMMA THOMPSON
“Beautiful, moving and painful. Art and love and survival from our darkest times. What a remarkable short film”
NEIL GAIMAN
“Mousie is SUCH a beautiful film… Original, heart-breaking - yet also uplifting. It’s so relevant and provocative too. Amid really atmospheric cinematography and production design, David Bartlett’s exquisite direction has delivered the most arresting performances, led by a remarkable young child. Mousie is unmissable”
DEREK JACOBI
“Mousie is a shatteringly beautiful and awakening film. A story of belonging, survival, dreams and nightmares. Little mousie is the heart that keeps beating. I loved it. Jack Arnold’s score is breathtaking… Watch Mousie! It’s a little gem.”
JESSIE BUCKLEY
“Accomplished and handsomely-shot… Bartlett does an incredible job of keeping us on the edge of our seats.”
Joey Moser, AWARDS DAILY
“Writer Director David Bartlett has crafted a small gem that illuminates the horrors of oppression and a transcendentallyartful response to it through these shining, multifaceted performances, pristine production values and meticulous direction.
A potent distillation of whimsy and realism, hauntingly relevant now.”
JOYCE KULHAWIK, WBZ-TV/ CBS Boston / Joyceschoices.com
“A live action short film and Oscar contender that you will completely fall in love with”
ARTS MUSE MAGAZINE
“Absolutely astonishing acting in David Bartlett’s live action short film Mousie.”
JUST CELEBRITY MAGAZINE
“It would be nearly impossible to escape the timeliness and relevance of writer/director David Bartlett's impossibly beautiful and thought-provoking short film Mousie… A beautiful and memorable short film that calls us to scrutinize the world in which we live while just as fervently reminding us to celebrate those who care, those who fight for change, and the creative spirits who continue to foster hope in a world that can so easily feel exhausting and hopeless… I could watch Mousie again and again…”
RICHARD PROPES, Independent critic
“Has a real emotional kick… This is one you’ll want to track down!”
STEVE KOPIAN, Unseen Films
“Fantastic… Heartwarming and packs a punch”
MARGARET BROWN, Film & Television Business
“Charming, timely and thought-provoking…”
JONATHAN ROSS
“A very strong story, stylishly-shot, with a lovely performance from the young lead. Stylish, moving and profoundly topical.”
MICHAEL DOHERTY, RTÉ Guide
“Young Miss Watson-Lobo ends the film on a tremendous nate, in a way that few her age could.”
DAVID FERGUSON, Red Carpet Crash
“Very effective and subtle polemic. Fantastic performance from the girl throughout, and the whole thing is incredibly compelling.”
MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH, novelist
"A beautifully atmospheric film, powerful and relevant."
TOM HARPER, director of War and Peace etc
“I loved Mousie! It’s magical and poignant!”
FAYE WARD, producer of Wild Rose, Stan and Ollie etc
PRESS COVERAGE LINKS and RECORDED INTERVIEWS
“Derek Jacobi boards Mousie as Executive Producer”
“It’s a beautifully-crafted film…”
“An Oscar hopeful - and rightly so.”
“We hope this beautiful film wings its way to the Oscars”
Interview in ARTS MUSE MAGAZINE
“Why and how David Bartlett is Helping to Change Our World”
Interview with AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
“Oscar Shortlist Predictions 2022”
“Without art, we are in darkness”
Interview in THE BOAR MAGAZINE
“Top notch… A warning for the world we live in today”
“The power of art and tolerance”
“David Bartlett talks about his amazing film Mousie”
Tom Hand podcast at VIDEOBLOGG
“Compassion is key…”
Rewriting Hollywood at MOVIKARMA
“There’s always hope hiding in the corners of the worst tragedies…”
FILM & TV NOW interview with David Bartlett
“In this interview, Bartlett talks about what art means in the face of tyranny…”
“A beautiful and memorable short film…”
INDEPENDENT CRITIC full review
“Absolutely astonishing acting”
“Extraordinary on an emotional level…”
“Exceptional”
“A Deceptively Dark Film”
“David Bartlett’s Mousie uses art as a weapon of hope”
FILM AND TELEVISION BUSINESS review
“David Bartlett’s MOUSIE shares a story of a 7-year-old Roma girl…”
