Panique au village (2009)

Panique au village (2009). Panique au village: Directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar. With Stéphane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, François De Brigode. Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.

“I just saw this at the WFAC. I must say that I wasnu0026#39;t expecting much out of this film. Itu0026#39;s a good thing that I went to see it anyway, because it turned out to be one of the highlights of the festival. The closest equivalent to what u0026quot;Sita Sings the Bluesu0026quot; was last year; though the two films are in many ways quite different, they share between them a wacky sense of humour and a refreshing inventiveness. The story of the film is insane and has to be seen to be believed. This is the kind of story that, as a kid, you wished existed somewhere. It starts out with a cowboy and an Indian accidentally ordering 50 million bricks for the birthday of their roommate, Horse, and goes from there to a visit with the Atlanteans, the centre of the earth, and giant robotic penguins.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe animation in the film is just as entertaining. Iu0026#39;m sure that some would call it crude, but the fact remains that itu0026#39;s very expressive and perfectly suited to this story and these characters. The French-language voice acting is also great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film has no great moral or lesson to teach us, but I think it is no less of an achievement to make something thatu0026#39;s genuinely funny. The only thing I thought a bit strange was that it seems to go on for a little longer than it felt the natural ending point of the story should be.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is in the running for the animated feature Oscar this year, but probably wonu0026#39;t be nominated; itu0026#39;s too low-profile and somehow I think that the animation style could offend some of the Academy professionals. But who cares about what the Academy folks think? If you want to watch something fun (even better if itu0026#39;s with friends), Iu0026#39;d highly recommend it.”