Like most French made as of late that are not based on the works of Dumas, Hugo, Moliere etc... this film is total and the huundreds of other French films that by the the will of the gods do not make it state side, Les Triplettes de Belleville tries to present the viewer with a number of "think about this topics" such as fate, love, devotion etc... however as fine as this sounds, they are presented in the most obvious, simplistic and utterly mundane ways ever, so poor is the exectution of this that a two year old child would be able to fully rationalize and understand these concepts. The story is nothing spectacular either, and is written in typical ambiguously esoteric Amelieish fashion, i.e. I am esoteric to be esoteric, so love me or hate me I dont care, I am french. Personally, I'm utterly sick of these types of films, and can we get off the god damn caricatures, from De Gaulle to Eddie Merckx to similarities between the main character and Goscinnys early works, this has just gotten absurd. But moving onward; and I consider this to be the films last and saving grace, the animation is truly spectacular and unique in every fashion (minus the caricatures and the blatant stabs at the Italians, and Americans, these two nationailites were not portrayed in the kindest, yes some stereotypical french country folk were put in for a quick laugh, but I did not find the constant stabs at the americans and Italians amusing), nonetheless, ohter animations, such as the city, the birds eye views, the disproportion of certain objects to others, etc... etc... was inetersting, but that's about it.
Now if you're in a French Film mood, dont waste your money on this, go rent Delicatessen, or Le PLacard, or The Dinner Game, and just say no to ambiguously esoteric french crap.
Cheers,
Now if you're in a French Film mood, dont waste your money on this, go rent Delicatessen, or Le PLacard, or The Dinner Game, and just say no to ambiguously esoteric french crap.
Cheers,