Tales of the Night

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Movie Info

Six exotic fables unfold in beautiful locations.

Genre:

fantasy, animation
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Michel Ocelot
Producer:

Philippe Boeffard
Writer:

Michel Ocelot, Michel Ocelot
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 21, 2014
Runtime:

1h 24m

Cast & Crew

Michel Elias
Voice

Olivier Claverie
Voice

Isabelle Guiard
Voice

Yves Barsacq
Théo
Voice

Fatoumata Diawara
Voice

Firmine Richard
Voice

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Critic Reviews for Tales of the Night

All Critics (25) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (5)

The movie never comes close to replicating the spell that Reiniger was able to cast using much more primitive techniques, which underlines a chronic problem of computer animation: its very precision squeezes all the magic from the magic lantern.

November 21, 2012 | Full Review…

J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
It is so gentle and whimsical that one wonders if American children, accustomed to the whiz-bang action of most animation, will accept it.

November 21, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Six mostly engaging fairy tales are digitally rendered with silhouetted characters performing in front of vivid, colorful backgrounds.

November 15, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
Has ... eye-bending backgrounds but a creatively monochromatic foreground that comes to feel like a limitation.

November 13, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Ty Burr
Boston Globe
More likely to play well with older children, due to its split-up story line, Ocelot's creation is like nothing else they are likely to see animating the multiplex.

September 28, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Farran Smith Nehme
New York Post
The narratives - involving princesses, sorcerers, dragons, talking animals - are familiar. But Mr. Ocelot invigorates them with lyricism ...

September 26, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Andy Webster
New York Times
Without doubt, Ocelot's Tales of the Night has a great deal of charm.

August 23, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Joseph Walsh
CineVue
The film is a marvel, and everybody with any affection for animation is duty-bound to see it.

August 30, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Alternate Ending
Six stunningly animated fairy tales with a few mild scares

February 6, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Renee Schonfeld
Common Sense Media
The kaleidoscopic backgrounds offer a colorful counterpoint to the simple silhouettes that form the people, animals, and mythical beasts populating the six fables, each of which end with a ironic twist.

November 8, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Brett Michel
Boston Phoenix
It should please sensitive, well-brought-up children and nostalgists.

May 28, 2012 | Full Review…

Philip French
Observer (UK)
Tales Of The Night may be computer-animated, but its style is antique.

May 25, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Andrew Osmond
SFX Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Tales of the Night

Apr 19, 2013

Sadly, the gorgeous backgrounds are more interesting than the stories.

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