Micmacs
2010
A satire about the arms trade. A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Read more
| Starring | Dominique Pinon, Dany Boon, Yolande Moreau, André Dussollier |
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| Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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Micmacs
A satire about the arms trade. A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
| Starring | Dominique Pinon, Dany Boon, Yolande Moreau, André Dussollier, Andre Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Julie Ferrier, Dominique Bettenfeld, Rachel Berger, Jacques Herlin, Urbain Cancelier |
|---|---|
| Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Studio | E1 Entertainment |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 2010 |
| Format | DVD |
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Feel good
HI,
Saw Micmacs at the London film festival and it has all the qualities of a fantastic 'Feel good' movie (such a contrast with my other 'film of the festival' recommendation: Precious).
J-P Jeunet departs from his most recent movies (Amelie, Un long dimanche de fiancailles) and Micmacs is closer to 'Delicatessen' and 'La cite des enfants perdus'.
The actors are convincing and the film universe perfectly fits Danny Boon poetry. -
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A long time to wait
It's been a long 5 years since the last Jeunet film. At the London Film Festival he explained why. Apparently he'd been working for 2/3 years on an adaptation of 'The Life of Pi' which, very sadly in my opinion, he couldn't get the money to do this magical-real masterpiece justice. He was then very eager to get a film made and MICMACS is the result.
It's a good film. It has all his signature traits, heart-warming characters, chez-France art direction, and a heart of gold. It just doesn't seem to take you into the amazing, unique places of 'Delicatessen' or 'Lost Children' but we probably shouldn't expect that, Maybe it's because it's set in 21st Century Paris, but then so was was Amelie.
He also explained that when he his moments of wonder, he writes them down, stores them away, and comes back to them later. MICMACS feels like he's forced a lot of these ideas together, that they feel like a stream of set-pieces. Like a man in a hurry.
He has, after all, set a very high bar for himself, and I'm more than happy to wait another 3/4 years for him to reach it again. MICMACS doesn't quite make it. -
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Micmacs
A satire about the arms trade. A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers....
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