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Belleville Rendez-vous Reviews

2003

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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 thugs who spirit them off to Belleville (a .. Read more

Director	Sylvain Chomet
Genres	Animated, Family, World Cinema

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  You'll never have seen anything like this before.
  
  A stunning and unique film that combines both hand drawn and CGI animation to perfection. At no point in this film does the animation look 'rough' or &#... read more »
  
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  - The Goose
  - Scunthorpe, England
  - 16 May 2004 at 22:55
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  - 0
  Beautifully drawn, well observed characters
  
  Possibly an acquired taste(?) but if you like animations & hand-drawn artwork I'd challenge you not to love this.
  
  At first it weems a little ... read more »
  
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- - Mattouli
  - 7 reviews
  - Aberdeen
  - 02 Aug 2011 at 10:21
- - 0
  - 0
  A real gem!
  
  Loved this film, watched it 3 times when I rented it. Didn't want it to end. The Illusionist was good but this was even better. Highly recommend it. There ... read more »
  
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- - RickLondon
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jun 2011 at 18:36
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  Superb - just watch it!
  
  This is one of the most wonderful animations I've seen in years, you can see the craft and the love of the people who made it in every moment. Give ... read more »
  
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  - scollins
  - 5 reviews
  - Hertford
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 08:22
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  - 0
  Un peu bizarre, mais excellent!
  
  This is a beautifully drawn film, with amazing attention to detail. Hilarious, strange, this film is about an old lady's devotion to her grandson, who wants... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 03 Nov 2010 at 23:41
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  A college assignment reveiw
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Belleville Rendez-vous is a French animation written and produce in 2003 by Sylvain Chomet. It features an orphaned boy living with his Grandmother in her ... read more »
  
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- - AnimeAmi
  - 7 reviews
  - Cornwall
  - 15 Oct 2010 at 21:03
- - 0
  - 5
  A couple of hours of your life
  
  I often like French films and was looking forward to watching this after reading reviews.
  
  I was very disappointed though - After a fairly good first ... read more »
  
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- - C1LS56
  - 155 reviews
  - Tunbridge Wells
  - 06 Oct 2010 at 20:32
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  - 0
  One of the best animated movies
  
  This is such a special movie. The opening sequence in particular is giddily captivating. We can't get enough of it. The kids (and the adults) love it!read more »
  
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- - ProfessorFrink
  - 20 reviews
  - Welwyn Garden City
  - 17 Sep 2010 at 20:01
- - 0
  - 0
  Weird but fun
  
  We enjoyed this a s a family .. there is very little dialogue so you will not have a problem even with young cvhildren watching. There is some dark violence ... read more »
  
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- - Jimmy223
  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Mar 2010 at 15:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Rather good
  
  French made cartoon (it's not Japanese anime) that has a unique charm, and despite the lack of speech, is extremely communicative in it's plot through ... read more »
  
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- - MegaEye
  - 28 reviews
  - Ashford, England
  - 06 Mar 2010 at 00:53
- - 0
  - 2
  off the wall and macabre
  
  You either like this or you don't. We found it weird and totally disengaging, even though one of the viewers was a french national. Definitely reflects ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Wirral, England
  - 20 Jan 2010 at 17:35
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- - 45
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  You'll never have seen anything like this before.
  
  A stunning and unique film that combines both hand drawn and CGI animation to perfection. At no point in this film does the animation look 'rough' or &#... read more »
  
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  - The Goose
  - Scunthorpe, England
  - 16 May 2004 at 22:55
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  Visually interesting
  
  This was an incredibly imaginative animated film, but was not really to my taste. Visually interesting but the lack of dialogue and use of sounds kind of ... read more »
  
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- - Peartree
  - London
  - 29 Feb 2004 at 19:58
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  - 9
  Disappointing, and I SO wanted to like it
  
  Aaah, such promise. The stills I'd seen looked beautiful. And the film was correspondingly beautiful to look at. And the character animation was great too, ... read more »
  
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- - markenroof
  - Surrey
  - 24 Feb 2005 at 01:06
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  - 8
  Amazing!!!
  
  This is one of the best animated films I have ever seen. Although the animation is at times reminiscent of older Disney films such as "The Aristocats"... read more »
  
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- - sazzle
  - Stirlingshire
  - 13 Feb 2004 at 14:27
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  - 15
  It's not bad - it's just drawn that way
  
  Sorry, but I fell asleep through this. Woke up with the menu looping at me and put the DVD in the envelope and walked straight down to post it back.
  
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- - mistersafety
  - Scotland
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 17:06
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  - 5
  Highly Original Animation
  
  This will be like no other cartoon you have ever seen. It is stylish innovative and highly entertaining. Beware however - this is not Disney and is not ... read more »
  
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- - Hurdlemagurdle
  - 77 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 24 Nov 2004 at 16:20
- - 10
  - 0
  fantastic characters...
  
  ...are what makes this film so good. I smile every time i think about the dog barking at the train. Unique, original and distinctive. A breath of fresh air; ... read more »
  
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- - trotsuk
  - 117 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 10:39
- - 9
  - 1
  Wizard of odd
  
  Bizzare, inventive and darkly comic, Belleville Rendezvous is the perfect antidote to saccharine sweet Disney and proof that Western animation can still be ... read more »
  
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- - Kevan
  - Co Down
  - 22 Apr 2004 at 20:49
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  Deliciously quirky
  
  This is not your average animation - there are scenes which, like Pixar, take your breath away with the audacity and sheer imagination at work, but don't ... read more »
  
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- - David
  - Wolverhampton, England
  - 14 Jan 2004 at 12:13
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  - 4
  I really wanted to like this film...
  
  ... I caught the last few minutes of it on TV a couple of years ago and thought it looked like my kind of quirky film.
  
  The film is typically ... read more »
  
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- - splodge
  - 104 reviews
  - Portsmouth
  - 15 Nov 2005 at 23:30

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