Rated PG
Starring Adam Goldberg, Jay Harrington, Danny Huston, Vanessa Paradis, Sean Lennon, Madeline Zima
Written and Directed by Bilbo Bergeron
The Story:
Paris...1910... the city is underwater due to flooding and Raoul (Goldberg) and Emile (Harrington) are two friends who are delivering goods to make a living, but Raoul is dying to invent things and Emile wants to be a filmmaker. One delivery gone wrong, and the boys accidentally create a giant flea (Lennon) that will terrorize Paris! Except, he's not that terrifying. In fact, he's got a musician's heart. Things are about to get weird.
Weird.
That's actually a good way to describe this one.
The first animated offering from EuropaCorp/Bibo Films...
It's a beautiful film.
While not quite up to the standards of Dreamworks/Pixar/Disney...
It still looks very good.
It's got an original story, which is rare enough in Hollywood these days.
Plus, I listed the American voice cast, as opposed to the original French cast that worked on the film.
Vanessa Paradis as Lucille is the lone hold-over that I saw that worked on both films.
Her part is rather important to the film as well as the damsel in distress who is actually more in control than just about anyone else in the film.
It's charming, but not likely going to fit the mold of entertainment for every child.
Available to stream as of this writing on Netflix if you want to see what it's all about, and see if your children liked it.
Mine loved it.
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: My kids saw this last year, and picked up a copy from Blockbuster as they went out of business. While I wouldn't marathon this one like Emperor's New Groove and the like, I could let it play again from time to time.
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