The great thing about these two characters is that they come across as ordinary, honest and surprisingly real, about as real as any animated individual can feel. From the opening scene we’re tipped off that neither of them end up surviving their ordeal, at which point they’re nothing more than a tragic statistic, but the fact that you’ll probably be bawling your eyes out by the time this unfortunate fact comes full circle says a great deal about the kind of weight this story carries. I’m not so sure that anything would be taken away from the experience had it been filmed with real-life actors, but I’ve seen first-hand that this movie can make a believer out of anyone and shake ‘em to the core. One of those movies that reminds you how, victory or defeat, wars are such lose-lose situations on every side.