Samsam (2019)

SamSam appears to have it all: his own flying saucer and great family and friends. But the one thing he has yet to attain are actual superpowers.

Director:

Tanguy de Kermel

Writers:

Serge Bloch (original novel), Valérie Magis

Stars:

Isaac Lobé-Lebel, Lior Chabbat, Jérémy Prévost

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Isaac Lobé-Lebel	...	SamSam (voice) (as Isaac Lobe)
Lior Chabbat	...	Méga (voice)
Jérémy Prévost	...	Marchel (voice)
Sébastien Desjours	...	Samnounours (voice)
Léopold Vom Dorp	...	Petit Poa (voice)
Victoire Pauwels	...	Superjulie (voice)
Léovanie Raud	...	Madame Chol (voice)
Damien Boisseau	...	Sampapa (voice)
Laurent Maurel	...	Marchientifique (voice)
Marie-Eugénie Maréchal	...	Samaman (voice)
Philippe Spiteri	...	Crapouille (voice)
Simon Brunner	...	Sumomo (voice)
Françoise Pavy	...	Mamie Poa (voice)
Magali Rosenzweig	...	Marie-Agnès, la maîtresse (voice)
Julien Crampon	...	Frapulo (voice)

Storyline

SamSam appears to have it all: his own flying saucer and great family and friends. But the one thing he has yet to attain are actual superpowers.

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Plot Keywords:

flying | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

User Reviews

It's kind of watchable

I really enjoyed the visuals, the creative team did a great job overall even though sometimes it all feels very empty, probably due to a low budget. I liked the song at the end that was previewed once in the middle of the movie, the rest of the orchestration felt very generic, absent and forgettable. The story in itself was generic but had potential, I mean, it was done a 1000 times before, and it worked a 1000 times before, but the writing team did a less than mediocre job to make it interesting. There is no contrast between characters, characters are not evolving or learning anything really, there's no real challenge, maybe only the dictator is the closest you'll get to something relatable (that's sad). I laughed once, which is a shame for a kid's movie, so no, it's not a "fun" movie. It would be about time that french people (I'm assuming it's french by the names in the credits) stop thinking that "since it's for kids" we just can do anything and it'll work. It might have been true 30 years ago when people didn't know better, but come on, it's 2020...

Details

Official Sites:

Official company site

Country:

Belgium France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 July 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Samsam

Box Office

Gross USA:

$53,273

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,301,763

Company Credits

Production Co:

Folivari, Compagnie Cinématographique, La, Panache Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1