A Town Called Panic (Panique au village) (2009)
Mild coarse language
| Directors: | Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar |
| Actors: | Stehpane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse |
The unlikely trio of Horse, Cowboy and Indian live together in a crooked little house on the top of a hill, in a town called Panic. While Horse pines for the sultry piano teacher Madame Longrée, Cowboy and Indian are horrified to discover that they have forgotten Horse's birthday. This leads the three improbable flatmates to embark upon a series of inconceivable adventures of pure implausibility, taking a journey to the Earth's core, stumbling upon an aquatic parallel universe and taking part in a breakneck snowball ride across a frozen wasteland. Replete with booze-fuelled birthday parties, poker games and equestrian romance, A Town Called Panic is unlike anything you've seen before - or will ever see again!
| Status: | QuickPick |
|---|---|
| Run time: | 75mins |
| Origin: | BELGIUM |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
True toy story
by Simon Miraudo, 10/07/2010 2:45:00 PM
Given my penchant for stop-motion animation, I couldn’t resist Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s A Town Called Panic, based upon their television show of the same name. It stars a cowboy, an indian and a horse, and seemingly takes place in the over-stimulated mind of a particularly imaginative seven-year-old. A plot synopsis will not be necessary. A Town Called Panic is as close a film has ever come to depicting a child’s toybox come alive (sorry Toy Story – but don’t worry, you’re still the best at dealing with the concept of death and teaching children about the inevitabilities of life). A Town Called Panic is absolutely nutty and charmingly effervescent. I’ve not seen the television series, but I daresay the manic stop-motion style and relentless energy is better suited to 20 minute ...
Given my penchant for stop-motion animation, I couldn’t resist Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s A Town Called Panic, based upon their television show of the same name. It stars a cowboy, an indian and a horse, and seemingly takes place in the over-stimulated mind of a particularly imaginative seven-year-old. A plot synopsis will not be necessary. A Town Called Panic is as close a film has ever come to depicting a child’s toybox come alive (sorry Toy Story – but don’t worry, you’re still the best at dealing with the concept of death and teaching children about the inevitabilities of life).
A Town Called Panic is absolutely nutty and charmingly effervescent. I’ve not seen the television series, but I daresay the manic stop-motion style and relentless energy is better suited to 20 minute bursts. Even though the film is only 75 minutes long, I feared that my own head might have exploded after being exposed to the film for more than 40 minutes. That being said, the children sitting behind me did. not. stop. laughing. And there is the real review.
4/5
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Andy T
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Reminded me somewhat of Gumby but this is not quite a kid's animation. Yet my 9yo son liked it and watched it three times by now ( and yes, it is subtitled not dubbed ). Then again, we watch all sort of stuff ( and not a lot of Disney ).
Caren
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My husband didn't even bother to watch this & I only watched a portion of this movie. It was very unusual & I couldn't see the point of it all. Definitely not your average animated movie.
Ronnie
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Hilarious think it would leave the kids scratching their heads
CL-D
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Don't write this off as a kids show, it's far from it. How would you describe it......... bizarre, unusual, groundbreaking? A lot of work and thought went into this fairly long animation movie, but I would describe it more as a moving work of art, it has so many dimensions and totally original with a distinct French flavour. Don't forget to turn on the subtitles. Enjoy. I loved it.