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Richard Corliss, Time: VERY GOOD "I'm glad there's a 'new' 'Tati' film to add to his small, important body of work, yet I wish that the creator of 'The Triplets of Belleville' had made a true Chomet film instead." (Read the full review...) 1,144 words, 12/25/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...features the inventive hand-drawn sensibilities of French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet in his loving and lovely new feature... simple, emotionally potent..." (Read the full review...) 254 words, 12/07/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...represents the magically melancholy final act of Jacques Tati's career.... If you've seen 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday' you know who he was, and if you haven't, it belongs on your must-see list." (Read the full review...) 687 words, 01/13/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...it is the dusty stage world of magic and dancing girls that this film recalls with a delicate visual style, tender humor and a sense of loss." (Read the full review...) 927 words, 12/24/10 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT (cg) "...an exquisite, animated adaptation of Tati's unproduced screenplay... Tati's unique presence and perspective can never be replicated." (Read the full review...) 139 words, 12/24/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a film whose virtues are quixotic, episodic and visual.... delights us and reminds us how many different ways animation can charm and captivate." (Read the full review...) 539 words, 12/25/10 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "Since this low-grade comedy doesn't really even attempt to be funny, the purpose of the movie is to establish (or reinforce) a feeling of luxurious old-timey melancholy." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 12/24/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "A plaintive charmer... Sylvain Chomet lets the feeling come up naturally, without contrivance." (Read the full review...) 547 words, 01/14/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "Deservedly Oscar-nominated for its lovely animation and poignant story." (Read the full review...) 306 words, 02/04/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...represents the magically melancholy final act of Jacques Tati's career.... If you've seen 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday' you know who he was, and if you haven't, it belongs on your must-see list." (Read the full review...) 687 words, 01/13/11 J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...breathes life into a celluloid fossil... For its 80 minutes, the movie creates the illusion that not just Tati but his form of cerebral slapstick lives." (Read the full review...) 366 words, 12/22/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...almost a silent movie, save for amusing sound affects, snatches of garbled dialogue and a beguiling piano score that inspires deep reflection." (Read the full review...) 680 words, 01/21/11 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "...less than a masterpiece, [but] a rare animated film of fleeting charms rather than loud noises, aimed more at wistful adults than thrill-hungry kids." (Read the full review...) 625 words, 01/21/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a lovely, quietly melancholy affair in the style of Sylvain Chomet's first feature, the exquisite 'Triplets Of Belleville.' " (Read the full review...) 399 words, 01/20/11
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...feels like a novelty in its embrace of all things old-fashioned.... most enchanting..." (Read the full review...) 555 words, 02/04/11 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Gorgeous, and full of bittersweet whimsy... echoes with sadness, it's a kind of sadness that is full of beauty, too, and that should be embraced and shared." (Read the full review...) 503 words, 01/21/11 Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a remarkable movie: lovely, slow-paced and almost silent, rich with pathos and deft comic gestures." (Read the full review...) 553 words, 02/04/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD (cg) "The hand-drawn cell-animation -- no 3D, thank you -- is watercolor soft and charming. As is the film itself. But truthfully... a trifle too deliberate, quiet and out of date." (Read the full review...) 552 words, 02/11/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: WEAK (cg) "...enough sentimental schmaltz to grease a locomotive.... has all of the notes of a Tati film but none of the music." (Read the full review...) 418 words, 02/04/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a throwback in many ways - and in the best possible way... painstakingly produced beauty, rendered with grace and charm." (Read the full review...) 565 words, 02/04/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "A handcrafted jewel... the rare work of art that cherishes both the magic and the trick." (Read the full review...) 635 words, 01/28/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...gentle, wistful... Filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, the imagination behind 2003's entrancing animated fantasy 'The Triplets of Belleville,' fills this quiet and often sad story with detail." (Read the full review...) 320 words, 01/28/11 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a dear and lovely and sometimes magical film that feels at once like pure Tati, like pure Chomet and even, in its look-and-feel, like pure classic Disney..." (Read the full review...) 650 words, 01/28/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...beautifully rendered... a quiet declaration of love..." (Read the full review...) 371 words, 01/28/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...delicately subtle for modern animation, not relying on gee-whiz episodes ripe for 3-D gimmickry.... a lovingly crafted film of plenty." (Read the full review...) 367 words, 02/10/11 Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...animation of the finest kind. A French import that's long on grace notes and wry humor, it eschews flash and opts for heart to great effect." (Read the full review...) 325 words, 01/28/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...ends on a note of graceful, heartbreaking beauty that Tati would have admired for its lack of sentimentality. A lot of what precedes that ending, though, is precious and slight and a little too fanciful." (Read the full review...) 505 words, 02/11/11
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...breathes life into a celluloid fossil... For its 80 minutes, the movie creates the illusion that not just Tati but his form of cerebral slapstick lives." (Read the full review...) 366 words, 12/22/10 Michael Atkinson, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an impeccably lovely whatsit, a comedy sans chuckles, a cartoon feature without dialogue, a film-geek homage as devotional as any Tarantino co-optation." (Read the full review...) 574 words, 01/27/11 Noel Murray, AV Club: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...one beautiful movie -- and no less so for making a strong case that beauty is a lie." (Read the full review...) 402 words, 12/24/10 Bill Weber, Slant: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...achieves a misty-eyed unity in eulogizing an extinct era in entertainment and bringing the fabled Jacques Tati's most personal and somber story to its piercing conclusion." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 12/20/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a lovely, quietly melancholy affair in the style of Sylvain Chomet's first feature, the exquisite 'Triplets Of Belleville.' " (Read the full review...) 399 words, 01/20/11 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...you may find Chomet's gentle storytelling a bit drowsy.... leaves you with pleasant dreams of yesterday's entertainments." (Read the full review...) 623 words, 02/02/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...a thing -- a fable, a tone poem, an elegy -- of ethereal beauty.... Exquisite images, poignant humor, echoes of cinema history and a sense of having watched genuine magic." (Read the full review...) 452 words, 12/24/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...it is the dusty stage world of magic and dancing girls that this film recalls with a delicate visual style, tender humor and a sense of loss." (Read the full review...) 927 words, 12/24/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a film whose virtues are quixotic, episodic and visual.... delights us and reminds us how many different ways animation can charm and captivate." (Read the full review...) 539 words, 12/25/10
Leslie Felperin, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "...delightful... a thrilling exercise in retro aesthetics..." (Read the full review...) 736 words, 02/16/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...at heart a simple story.... The real beauty lies in its drawings.... its cityscapes and landscapes are gorgeous." (Read the full review...) 641 words, 02/26/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a film whose virtues are quixotic, episodic and visual.... delights us and reminds us how many different ways animation can charm and captivate." (Read the full review...) 539 words, 12/25/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...it is the dusty stage world of magic and dancing girls that this film recalls with a delicate visual style, tender humor and a sense of loss." (Read the full review...) 927 words, 12/24/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...a thing -- a fable, a tone poem, an elegy -- of ethereal beauty.... Exquisite images, poignant humor, echoes of cinema history and a sense of having watched genuine magic." (Read the full review...) 452 words, 12/24/10
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