March 1, 2010
Micmacs is the latest offering from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, most famous for Delicatessen and Amelie. The story centres on Bazil (played by Dany Boon), a movie store worker involved in a freak accident that results in a bullet precariously lodged in his brain. We follow him on his vengeful quest against the arms manufacturers responsible for the death of his soldier father and his own near-death experience.
Bazil finds a surrogate family in the shape of a group of quirky and lovable ‘odd-bods’, who help him in his mission. This results in a series of slapstick, and often simply bizarre, comedy moments, but the kind that leave you grinning from ear to ear and not sighing with growing impatience.
With dialogue relatively minimal in the film, music and setting play a central part, giving the film a certain Charlie Chaplin quality that Jenuet fans will be familiar with – something augmented by Boon’s funny mime acts and assorted facial expressions.
Whilst it remains to be seen whether this film will achieve the success of these predecessors, Micmacs is original, fun and clever, exuding charm and providing a lot of laughs. Certainly worth watching.
Bazil finds a surrogate family in the shape of a group of quirky and lovable ‘odd-bods’, who help him in his mission. This results in a series of slapstick, and often simply bizarre, comedy moments, but the kind that leave you grinning from ear to ear and not sighing with growing impatience.
With dialogue relatively minimal in the film, music and setting play a central part, giving the film a certain Charlie Chaplin quality that Jenuet fans will be familiar with – something augmented by Boon’s funny mime acts and assorted facial expressions.
Whilst it remains to be seen whether this film will achieve the success of these predecessors, Micmacs is original, fun and clever, exuding charm and providing a lot of laughs. Certainly worth watching.