[DVD Review] Arthur and the Invisibles 2 & 3: The New Minimoy Adventures

29 April 2011 7:50 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Luc Besson can really be an excellent film-maker, but he has a tendency to lose himself in his own flamboyant sense of style. In his best work (which consensus would hopefully dictate to be Leon-The Professional), he has the good sense to ground the action between a well-connected set of characters, before going off and nearly incinerating his sets and actors with his ridiculous choreography. More often, though, his audiences can all but hear him telling his actors to get out of the way so that can frame his shot in a visually appealing but logically improbable way. Enter his visualization of the Arthur and the Minimoys series (or Arthur and the Invisibles in the United States), the director’s first franchise as well as his first attempt to engage an audience too young to get in to see most of his other work. As they tend to, »

- Anders Nelson

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