Malvís (Alfredo Landa) is sick of working like crazy for nothing. He'd rather become a bandit, that's much better, he's gonna be the fearful Fendetestas! He'll spread panic in the woods of his region. But there's a little problem there aren't much people living in his region, everyone knows everyone and everyone is so poor, so is gonna be difficult that someone takes MalvísFendetestas too seriously. This is a magic history, so funny, and full of situations that will make you laugh. It's also full of characters that belong to the Spanish idiosyncrasy the strict priest, the Guardia Civil, the old devout women, the village idiot... there's even a lost soul wandering around the woods. The great Alfredo Landa heads a cast that gathered together the best two generations of Spanish scene from Fernando Rey to Encarna Paso, from Manuel Alexandre to María Isbert... A cast like that would be just unthinkable nowadays. El Bosque Animado was the first movie of José Luis Cuerda's trilogy of rural comedies (after this one he made the surreal Amanece Que No Es Poco, and Así En El Cielo Como En La Tierra. Those are movies so personal that stress the Spanish culture. The young directors should take note of films like El Bosque Animado, instead of trying to be the new enfant terrible and imitating US worst cinema.
从影评人到普通观众，《活树林》得到了各界的广泛关注和讨论。影评人们称赞其在情节设计和人物刻画上的巨大突破。
《活树林》该片讲述了少女一路与命运的抗争，最终找到自我，也收获纯真情缘的故事。电影延续原著原剧，准备唤起全民对这段师徒虐恋的追剧回忆。
没有精心搭建的造景、没有靠灯光营造的氛围，更没有强情节、快节奏、多反转的人造戏剧元素
大自然是人物的舞台，人在自然中“自然”地生存着，人与自然浑然一体。草原、河流、山峦、羊群、马匹、与人的生存状态，水乳交融地构成和还原了一种原生态关系。
