The Triplets of Belleville
by Sylvain Chomet
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Actor: B?atrice Bonifassi, Jean-Claude Donda, Mich?le Caucheteux, Michel Robin, Monica ViegasDirector: Sylvain Chomet
Brand: Sony
Writer: Sylvain Chomet
Editor: Chantal Colibert Brunner
Editor: Dominique Brune
Editor: Dominique Lefever
Producer: Colin Rose
Producer: Didier Brunner
Producer: Paul Cadieux
Producer: Regis Ghezelbash
Producer: Viviane Vanfleteren
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of The Triplets of Belleville
DVD Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
My movie showed up really quickly. It was in great shape and I am so pleased with it!DVD Review: Am I the only one?
Summary: 3 Stars
I really didn't want to write a review for this movie but I couldn't help it. I seem to be the only one that has anything bad to say about this movie.
Don't get me wrong, I liked this movie. The animation was perfect, the artwork was, sometimes, breathtaking, and the music was terrific (I have ordered the soundtrack). However, the action drags to the point of being boring in places. I found myself wanting to fast forward many times but I kept hoping that the action would pick up and I didn't do so. It got much better as the movie progressed.
Every other review that I read had nothing but praise for this movie and I can't fault anyone for loving it. However, my tastes are somewhat different. If anyone asked for my opinion (I will admit, no one has) I would suggest that they watch it at least once for it IS enjoyable on the whole but I would not recommend it for children as it would not hold their attention.
Maybe I am just big kid myself. I don't consider that to be a bad thing!
DVD Review: Touchinlgy awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This French animated film transcends language and offers both a visually impressive and entertaining story. It tugs at your heart strings while layering twisted humor and glimpses of a very tangible reality of human emotions. I had to own this movie after seeing it only once. I also bought a copy for my folks who LOVED it and have watched it twice.DVD Review: I really liked this film even though it has some problems
Summary: 4 Stars
The Triplets of Belleville contains great animation and its story holds together well in spite of the fact that there is little spoken dialogue. I definitely had no problem following the film which stems from early 20th century France to modern day America. There is a lot of subtle references to each period of time for example, the film opens with a flashback to early 20th century France in which vaudeville actors are putting on a show. Some reviewers have noted that the portrayal of an African woman here, is somewhat disparaging. I think what people are missing is that the time was extremely racist in both France and America and, in fact, this type of show was typical of the time. The director seems to be depicting each period of time as it was rather than as it ought to have been, or should be. The actual plot of the film is pretty mundane consisting, as if does, of a rather unlikely kidnapping which, by itself, is of little consequence. Instead, it is the references to life in each time, scattered throughout the film, that make the story interesting. Everything from the flurry of building that occurred in Post World War II France to the current problem of obesity in America are depicted. I really liked this aspect of the film. The animators freely mix realism with exaggeration in a seamless manner. For instance, in one scene, an obsequious waiter defies the laws of physics by, literally, bending over backwards to satisfy his guests. Also, physiques are exaggerated, so the legs of the bicyclist, one of the protagonists, are huge as compared to his torso. Indeed there no reason, in this animated world, why a character, one of the bodyguards, say, cannot be many times larger than another character, the mother for example. Finally, with the exception of the mother, the characters are mostly two dimensional. The mother's methodical endurance and sacrifice for her son endeared me to her, however. DVD Review: It got here so quickly!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD ordered came new in the package, as described. It worked in our DVD player without any problem (we wern't sure which region DVD player we had) And it came in half the expected time. I will be using Amazon.com for other hard to find titles in the future
Description of The Triplets of Belleville
Champion is a lonely little boy. Noticing that hes happiest on a bicycle his grandmother puts him through a rigorous training process. Years later champion enters the tour de france & is kidnapped. His grandmother sets out to rescue him & encounters the renowned triplets of bellville. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/25/2008 Run time: 81 minutes Rating: Pg13Words cannot capture the delights of The Triplets of Belleville, an astonishing animated movie from the mind of French director Sylvain Chomet. In fact, there are only a few spoken sentences in the entire film; most of the soundtrack is a mix of squeaks, barks, and the jazzy music of Benoit Charest. A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets. This hand-drawn movie is unlike anything you'll see from Disney; every scene mixes the silent comedy of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton--in which the world of objects subtly fights with living beings for mastery--and the bouncy hop of Betty Boop. Unique and mesmerizing. --Bret Fetzer
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