Moomins on the Riviera (2014)

The Moomins set sail for the Riviera, where, after a journey fraught with storms and desert island dangers, Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of a playboy and Moomin learns that jealousy's sting is the most painful of all.

Directors:

Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemilä (co-director)

Writers:

Leslie Stewart (screenplay), Annina Enckell (screenplay)

Stars:

Maria Sid, Russell Tovey, Mats Långbacka

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maria Sid	...	Muumimamma (voice)
Russell Tovey	...	Moomin (voice)
Mats Långbacka	...	Muumipappa (voice)
Tracy Ann Oberman	...	Moominmamma (voice)
Nathaniel Parker	...	Moominpappa (voice)
Kristofer Gummerus	...	Muumi (voice)
Alma Pöysti	...	Niiskuneiti (voice)
Stephanie Winiecki	...	Snorkmaiden (voice)
Ragni Grönblom	...	Pikku Myy (voice)
Carl-Kristian Rundman	...	Markiisi Mongaga (voice)
Irina Björklund	...	Audrey Glamour (voice)
Christoffer Strandberg	...	Clark (voice)
Carl-Gustaf Wentzel	...	Nuuskamuikkunen (voice) (as CG Wentzel)
Beata Harju	...	Mymmeli (voice)
Paavo Kerosuo	...	Vastaanottovirkailija (voice)

Storyline

The Moomins, Snorkmaiden and Little My set sail for the Riviera, where, after a journey fraught with storms and desert island dangers, Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of a playboy and Moomin learns that jealousy's sting is the most painful of all. When Moominpappa befriends an aristocrat and adopts the name 'de Moomin', an exasperated Moominmamma retires to the relative calm of their trusty old boat. For the very first time, the unity of the Moomins is threatened.

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Plot Keywords:

pirate ship | moomin | salvage | sinking ship | moomin valley | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Little My did not appear in the original Moomins in Riviera comic strip.

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Goofs

Snorkmaiden does not change colour in the movie. As she is a Snork rather than a Moomin, she should be yellow, with her skin colour changing to reflect her emotions.

User Reviews

Faithful

Great drawings, pretty music. The movie is an adaptation of a comic strip segment of the same name, published in 1955, (while hinting at other storylines from Janssons comics and books, mostly in the first act.) I imagine this should have been both more and less faithful to the source material. It sticks, for the most part, very close to the comics, and the pacing suffers for it, yet, what they did change or add makes it even worse (apart from the opening titles, featuring everyone's darling character.) The dialogue is for some reason subtly less moominous and witty, and Moominmama gets a couple moments of character-assassination. The main problem seems to be directorial and possibly editorial. There's no energy to the acting, no rhythm in the exchanges. I suspect someone very much wanted the product to be feature-length, which could have been a good thing, but instead of using that extra time to make the main plot more cohesive and engaging, they padded with unrelated story-material. I imagine this could have felt like a wonderful mix of Per Åhlin, Sylvain Chomet and the cute side of Cartoon Network. The creators went to great lenghts to copy and give life to the comic strip-drawings, and ended up with a moving comic strip.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Finland France

Language:

Finnish

Release Date:

4 December 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Moomins on the Riviera

Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,600,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,200,510

Company Credits

Production Co:

Handle Productions, Pictak, Moomin Characters

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1