This short animated film tells the story of a unicycle in a old cycle shop. He is on a half price sale as he is unloved, so he dreams of being the star on a stage.The story sounds alright up to this point, but the reality is not as impressive. The clown is a bit scary for children, and the story is actually quite boring. There is too much negativity in the animation ,from rejection, loneliness to a lack of achievement. It is not my cup of tea.

I saw this short for the first time whilst renting the first volume of Pixar shorts and while it's not the best of the shorts from the 1980s it has detailed graphics and stunning effects for its era.The most realistic part of the exterior street design is the rainfall and I like the slow jazzy music played while Red is shown in the clearance section of Eben's Bikes (named after one of Pixar's technical directors) as well as the circus music played during Red's dream sequence. Like 'Luxo Jr,' the background in the dream sequence is dark and the clown is just as creepy-looking as the baby in Tin-Toy but at least Red and the juggling balls are brightly coloured and I liked how Red tried to assist the clown with his juggling act, which eventually led to the hilarious consequence of the clown not realising he was sitting on Red and falling to the ground. Also I liked how Red had moved to another part of the bike shop whilst he was dreaming and returned to his usual corner.All in all, this is my least favourite of the earlier Pixar shorts but it had great music, specially effects and graphics. 7/10.

I gotta admit that if you watch this film today and don't understand the context for it, then you will most likely not be particularly impressed. It's such a very simple animated short and one that seems amazingly ordinary--something you could easily make today given the right rendering software and a home computer. However, think back to 1987. People rarely had home computers and those who did had systems with 8086 or 8088 processors--not much more power than a modern calculator (less in some cases). There were often no hard drives--those that did exist were minuscule. Macintosh computers were relatively new and very simple and Windows was still a vague idea, as IBM compatible computers used primitive versions of DOS as the operating systems. And, most importantly, most games were either text only or had very, very rudimentary graphics. In this context, RED'S DREAM is absolutely amazing and breathtaking. The Pixar folks were not yet a big company but just a few individuals doing work on huge computers and they had to design all the software themselves!! And, in spite of all this, the graphics were lovely and the story of a lonely unicycle quite watchable--even though it was really more an experimental film than anything else. Put in this light, my score of 8 seems amazingly low, but I must admit that in an age when we expect so much more, this isn't the most exciting CG animation I've seen. Still, it's a great film.

This short film is made by Pixar and has some good views to it.It's mainly about a small Red Unicycle who dreams of being at a better place than a Bike shop.This short is 2 minutes longer than Luxo Jr. animation is very nice in this one. Only other character besides Red the Unicycle is a Clown.Has some nice detail on the bike shop as well.You're able to see on Pixar's official website.It's a good short film from Pixar.I give it 7.5/10 P.S. pay attention to the background of the bike shop, you'll notice an Andre Clock on the wall somewhere.