Micmacs is a very difficult film to categorize. It’s much like a live action cartoon with an anti-gun message. Micmacs is a heist film, populated with oddball characters battling gangsters in France. Writer/Director Jean Pierre Jeunet (Who directed the excellent Amelie and the dreadful Alien: Resurrection) has created a comical version of the Losers with social commentary. Imagine an episode of Leverage starring the Loony Toon characters and you’ve got the idea.
This unique example of farcical French cinema bounces along, unhindered by logic, forcing you to accept its absurdist style and suspend all disbelief. The original title Micmac a Tire Larigot means “Non-stop madness”, which is an appropriate title for this art-house oddity.
Bazil (Dany Boon) has had his life ruined by weapons. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco, which caused his mother to have a mental break down and Bazil was brought up in an orphanage.
This unique example of farcical French cinema bounces along, unhindered by logic, forcing you to accept its absurdist style and suspend all disbelief. The original title Micmac a Tire Larigot means “Non-stop madness”, which is an appropriate title for this art-house oddity.
Bazil (Dany Boon) has had his life ruined by weapons. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco, which caused his mother to have a mental break down and Bazil was brought up in an orphanage.
- 12/15/2010
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
Review originally published on March 18, 2010 as part of our SXSW coverage.
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin...
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin...
- 7/16/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director/ Producer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet DVD and Blu-ray release date: June 21 2010 Studio: E1 Entertainment Number of discs: 1 Price: From £10.99 Running Time: 101 mins Certificate: 12 Starring: Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Michel Cremades, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Marie-Julie Baup Jean-Pierre Jeunet (A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen) returns with another quirky, surreal and thoroughly enchanting offering. Bazil (Dany Boon) is orphaned when his father is blown up by a mine he is disarming and his mother has a break down. He goes to live with strict nuns, eventually running away by hiding in a baker’s van. Years later, working in Matador video he is shot in the head accidentally when two people sloppily wage war against each other in the street outside. Released form hospital with a bullet permanently lodged in his skull, Bazil’s apartment and job have...
- 6/21/2010
- by Salty Or Sweet
- t5m.com
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin to decide he.s better off having the bullet left lodged in is head,...
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin to decide he.s better off having the bullet left lodged in is head,...
- 3/18/2010
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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