Directors: Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar
Year: 2009
A town called manic, more like. This bizarre but extremely enjoyable little movie sets things off and running early on and doesn't let up until the very end. It's toy characters motor about as if if on speed and as for dialogue, why talk when you can shout? But it's all great fun and another charming animated production that dovetails very nicely with the previously mentioned "Mary and Max" and "Harvie Krumpet."
The central characters are Horse, Cowboy and Indian who are toy replicas of well, a horse, a cowboys and an Indian. Horse is the stable one of the group (no pun intended) and when the others realize that they haven't gotten him anything for his birthday, they decide to build him a barbecue. Nice idea, but some bricks will be needed for the job. Thanks to an ill-placed cup of coffee on the computer keyboard, an order for 50 bricks turns into an order for 50 million bricks. And that sets in motion a wacky chain of events which sees Horse's home destroyed, his budding romance with music teacher Madame Longary almost end before it begins and our heroes battling strange enemy creatures in the center of the earth, on a frozen wasteland and at sea.
And it is all very, very funny. Aubier and Patar lend their voices to the main characters and everything really just clicks well. The writing is crisp and the dialogue is very snappy--even in translation. The gags come thick and fast and your really have to pay attention so that the good bits don't go sailing past. All in all, an exhilarating, fun and very creative ride from the minds of two obviously very talented (and demented) people.
No comments:
Post a Comment