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Plot: In a futuristic city, a daemonic scientist named Krank kidnaps children to tap into their dreams.
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MCT:August 23, 2008Great movie. Great. I love the steam-punk aspects and the sets, and how so much was done iwth so little. It is dark and beautiful.
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MCT:August 23, 2008
Very well done fairy tale with lots of likeable chararcters as well as unlikeable ones, who get what they deserve in the end. Also thought this was Perlman's best performance that I've seen.
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MCT:August 17, 2008tall tales, absolutely bizarre and hands down absurd... but i gave it a five star for a reason... i love jean pierre jeunet
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MCT:July 29, 2008
Beautiful and hauntingly creepy movie about a mad doctor who can't dream, and so tries to steal the dreams of children kidnapped by an evil cult for whom he manufactures "cyclopse" eyes. Highly recommended for something unusual.
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MCT:July 24, 2008This film gives you interesting visuals and puts you in a strange place. It's a mix between Amelie and Brazil. It was interesting.
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MCT:July 20, 2008I am sure I need to see this over again... I saw it late one night and fell asleep due to being tired and not because I didn't like the movie.
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MCT:July 16, 2008
Yet another great fairy tale film - dark, vivid and so very French . . . without being too French. Jeunet is my favorite frog.
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MCT:June 29, 2008
Utterly bizarre, but still grounded enough to make sense... mostly. The chemistry between Ron Perlman and Judith Pittett is palpable, the visuals intriguing, and the humor unexpected.
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MCT:June 25, 2008
Brilliant loooking movie is a marvel of set design, but the story is full of artificial characters that don't involve.
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MCT:June 24, 2008
Touching atmosphere, sweet psychedelic image, twisted characters and dreamy plot, but it's simply too cheerless and poignant.
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MCT:June 3, 2008
Love those Frenchies. The guys who made Delicatessen first made this great visual feast. This kind of film is totally my style, fun to watch full of great stuff like mind control fleas and midgets spitting up blood.
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MCT:May 30, 2008
Extraordinarily visually pleasing, this French wonder taps into so many things to thrill an audience. The heartwarming friendships, the horror aspect from the devilish Krank, and startling visual effects. A must see for anyone interested in French cinema.
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MCT:May 22, 2008
Incredibly imaginative. The cast range from bizarre to beautiful but are always engaging. Khondji's cinematography is a particular highlight. The film is only let down by a weak introduction.
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MCT:May 20, 2008
Dark, dirty and nightmareish. A really cool and original future-vision. Ít´s beatuifull in a dark and twisted way. Cyklops - some of the coolest cyborg-thugs ever.
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MCT:May 18, 2008
Having not seen yet Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (minus Marc Caro), "Amelie", but having registered much of the hype, I was interested to see "City Of Lost Children". I didn't know what to expect, but I was overjoyed to find this film to be perhaps one of the best I have ever seen.
Its magnificently surrealist cinematography and breathtaking performances gave it all the makings of perfect art-house cinema. Moments of completely bizarre and alienating surrealism set it well and truly apart from the completely average Hollywood fantasies that get much more recognition and viewing from mainstream audiences. For modern audiences, use of special effects is often credited with enormous respect, yet Jeunet and Caro exhibit a magnificent and disarming ability to create a completely otherworldly atmosphere simply through emotion and imagery without needing the latest in digital effects. The result was something so much more fulfilling than "Lord Of The Rings" or "The Matrix", both of which were visually spectacular yet offered so much less as food for thought. An astonishingly mature performance from child actor Judith Vittet as Miette made this film all the more enjoyable - some actors of twice her age can only hope to have a third of her talent.
"The City Of Lost Children" was truly a brilliant film in which Jeunet and Caro have presented their viewers with a powerful and breathtaking analysis of perception and imagination. I guess I need to watch "Delicatessen" now. -
MCT:May 13, 2008
stylisticaly reminiscent of pans labyrinth the plot was darker more confusing and all together slightly bizarre. deranged looking cast made the concept all the more realistic.
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MCT:April 26, 2008
Absolutely freaking great. That's all I can say right now, I'm just a bit gobsmacked by how quirky and awesome it is.
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MCT:April 21, 2008I watched the dubbed version & it wasn't too bad (voices matched the characters quite well). Some good visuals & the story had potential.. however, it was all just too bizarre for me!
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MCT:April 14, 2008
A worthwhile foreign film, no matter what language you speak. It initially seems like a fun kids flick, until I noticed the tasteful violence and just finale - reminded me of films noire directored by Gilliam and Del Toro, although this is helmed by JP Jeunet.
I'd almost feel fine allowing youngsters to watch, but the dark humour is something that may scare little ones. Despite the R rating, the plot is tastefully balanced with cute kid scenes and clever comedic moments.
Although underrated by American audiences, Ron Perlman is excellent as the hulking big brother character. Each multiple appearance by Dom Pinon is a riot.
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MCT:April 11, 2008
weird in the same way that "The Delicatessen" was Weird. It's just sooooo weird you can't stop watching it. Likea very very dark Brazil
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MCT:April 11, 2008
I fast forwarded through most of this hoping it would get better...Damn Frenchies...come on make a good movie!
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MCT:April 8, 2008
I've wanted to watch this film for along time, and over easter I finally got the opportunity to see it.
Although this film is in French, it is pretty well dubbed in english. The whole film is incredible. I loved every little detail in the scenery and the actors were brilliant.
Again this film was quite weird, but I love that sort of thing. Anyway in this small town, ever so often children are stolen. Thoses that aren't stolen are clever enough to stay in hiding.
So when a circus arrives, a child goes missing, and a strong man looses his little brother and goes off in search to find him. It's great. -
MCT:April 4, 2008Oh how I hate these type of Sci-fi films. The synopsis sounded promising yet it reminded me of a cross between Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Brazil. I did however make it to the end (but that was a real challenge for me).
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MCT:April 2, 2008Rather weird and at first it's hard to watch. Once you get the rhythm it's easier to sit down and watch
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MCT:March 28, 2008
What a bizarre movie! I had heard rumor of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's unique style, and so it was. It's an exercise in visual creativity, like a surreal dream. While watching, I constantly kept sensing movie connections. The relationship between Ron Perlman and the little girl Judith Vittet, reminded me a lot of Jean Reno and Natalie Portman's relationship in Léon. The characters are very similar. As for style, I kept thinking of Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil'. The same dream-like fantasy dystopia. Beautiful sets and sound. Unfortunately, the story didn't work as well as the rest. To quote top critic Roger Ebert; "Watching the film, I perceived no strong narrative pull to carry me through, and instead was constantly being invited to stay in the moment, to experience one visual after another". Exactly how I feel about it. Vittet was one of the cutest girl's I've seen and very talented. I was sad to hear that she has done nothing (memorable) since, and is currently not an active actress. Anyways, this is a must see movie if you're into visual and different movies.
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