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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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Reviews Counted:132

Fresh:124

Rotten:8

Average Rating:8.2/10

Consensus: Richly detailed and loaded with surreal touches, The Triplets of Belleville is an odd, delightful charmer.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 26, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $6,798,854

Synopsis: In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing... In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some box-shouldered thugs who spirit them off to Belleville (a surreal impression of 1930s-1950s Manhattan) where they are forced to pedal as part of a clandestine gambling operation. Bruno and Grandma set out across the sea in a paddle boat to rescue their boy, but once ashore they soon become lost, hungry and penniless--that is, until the frog-eating Triplets of Belleville, former scat-singing jazz prodigies turned experimental musicians, come to their rescue. Filled with inspired, twisted imagery, this nearly dialogue-free film is a crowd-pleaser of unusual power, with the strange, measured pacing of a dream, and a great soundtrack of bizarre, alternate-reality '30s jazz. It also offers a touching and believable evocation of a dog's life. A great throwback to the time before animation became dominated by CGI effects, TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is a very strange, very loving, and very French salute to obsession, affection, and persistence. [More]

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michael Robin, Monica Viegas

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michael Robin, Monica Viegas

Director: Sylvain Chomet

Director: Sylvain Chomet
Screenwriter: Sylvain Chomet
Producer: Didier Brunner, Paul Cadieux
Composer: Benoit Charest
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Cole Smithey

This is an animated movie to fall in love with.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 06:38 AM

Guardian [UK]

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Richard Corliss

Vous guessed it by now: Triplettes is terrific.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 04 2008 07:21 AM

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Lisa Nesselson

A winning blend of dark and bittersweet, aimed more at adults than kiddies, but suitable for all ages.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 22 2008 03:15 AM

Variety

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Geoff Andrew

Relish the film's deadpan grotesquery, its flair for invention, be it the fanciful narrative segues or various object lessons...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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5/5

Rich Cline

If there's any justice in the world, French animator Sylvain Chomet will be handed the Animated Feature Oscar in February for this fantastic little film.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 08:04 PM

Film Threat

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5/5

Rick Kisonak

There are high-powered opiates that don't pack the psychedelic kick of this cartoon.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 08:04 PM

Film Threat

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4/5

Enrique Buchichio

La historia se cuenta en imágenes y sonidos, y ese es un primer gran mérito a tener en cuenta en una época en que los personajes del cine suelen hablar demasiado.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 05 2005 10:00 PM

Uruguay Total

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B+

Nick Schager

A bustling cornucopia of delights.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 04 2005 09:44 PM

Lessons of Darkness

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Boyd van Hoeij

Something unique: mixing styles, eras and geography into a cocktail that is both funny and melancholy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 14 2005 02:02 PM

european-films.net

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4/5

Ethan Alter

Chomet made this movie to remind us how imaginative animation can be as an art form.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 05 2005 10:48 PM

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Philip Martin

If you've a heart and a pulse, you will like this movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 29 2005 08:35 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Tony Medley

The big test was how few times I could look at my watch to determine how much more agony I had to endure.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 07 2004 07:32 PM

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Peter Rainer

It’s impossible to watch this movie without gasping at its graphics, and yet we’re so drawn into Chomet’s way of seeing that, after a while, his genius erases the distinction between animation and live action.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2004 09:38 AM

New York Magazine

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Jorge Avila Andrade

'El estilo y la atmósfera en que se desarrolla son de una calidad e inteligencia que pocas veces podemos apreciar de este lado del Atlántico.'

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 20 2004 04:10 PM

Moviola

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Forrest Hartman

A beautiful but dull affair.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 04 2004 12:12 PM

Reno Gazette-Journal

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3/5

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

The Triplets of Belleville is an animated feature with two out-of-the-ordinary superheroes: a zealous old lady and a very fat dog.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 02 2004 09:55 AM

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