Zazie Dans Le Metro on DVD (1960)

Squizz from Lancaster [Highly rated reviewer] , 04/04/2007

Gabriel 'babysits' his 11 year-old niece Zazie. He's a female impersonator, she's wilful, swears like a trooper and is determined to ride on the French Underground system.

That's pretty much it for plot. 'Zazie' is a cinematic experience, a live-action cartoon full of jump-cuts and speeded-up film. I've no idea what Queneau's source novel's like, but this is truly astounding, especially the incredible Eiffel Tower sequence. Forget the story, let it wash over you and you won't be disappointed. A magical, funny film from Louis Malle which maybe shares more than just Zazie's haircut with 'Amelie'.

Really not sure about the dodgy 'dirty old man' chase section, mind...

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A customer from Bristol , 04/03/2007

The pun in the title of this review is about as funny as the comedy on display in this film.

Technically dazzling at times and some wonderful cinematography of Paris save this from getting one star but I hated the surrealist attempts at comedy. Like a pretentious cross between Father Ted and Benny Hill (Both of which were probably influenced by this film) but without the laughs.

Tres annoying.

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Simon Colbeck from Watford , 14/01/2007

Enjoyable and exhausting Paris romp. Dont try to make too much sense of it. You dont have to be familiar with silent era comedy, surrealist cinema or Monty Python but it might help. Visual gags come thick and fast with flirtations with profound philosophy as a street smart charmer - Zazie - wreaks havoc and ridicule on adult folly including various icons of modernity and tradition in the Paris of 1960. 47 years on the vehicles are almost as entertaining as the characters.

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Hooch's owners from the New Forest , 31/10/2005

great film for film students though, I like all the stop motion photography,

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Hooch's owners from the New Forest , 31/10/2005

great film for film students though, I like all the stop motion photography,

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