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The Triplets of Belleville

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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 130

Fresh: 122

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 8.2/10

Consensus: Richly detailed and loaded with surreal touches, The Triplets of Belleville is an odd, delightful charmer.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release: Nov 26, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $6,798,854

Synopsis: 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... 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 box-shouldered thugs who spirit them off to Belleville (a surreal impression of 1930s-1950s Manhattan) where they are forced to pedal as part of a clandestine gambling operation. Bruno and Grandma set out across the sea in a paddle boat to rescue their boy, but once ashore they soon become lost, hungry and penniless--that is, until the frog-eating Triplets of Belleville, former scat-singing jazz prodigies turned experimental musicians, come to their rescue. Filled with inspired, twisted imagery, this nearly dialogue-free film is a crowd-pleaser of unusual power, with the strange, measured pacing of a dream, and a great soundtrack of bizarre, alternate-reality '30s jazz. It also offers a touching and believable evocation of a dog's life. A great throwback to the time before animation became dominated by CGI effects, TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is a very strange, very loving, and very French salute to obsession, affection, and persistence. [More]

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michael Robin, Monica Viegas

Starring: Jean-Paul Donda, Michael Robin, Monica Viegas

Director: Sylvain Chomet

Director: Sylvain Chomet
Screenwriter: Sylvain Chomet
Producer: Didier Brunner, Paul Cadieux
Composer: Benoit Charest
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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May 4, 2004

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish
  • Closed Captioned

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Select Scenes
  • Featurettes - 1. Making Of
  • 2. ANIMATION
  • Music Video

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10/18/08
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Vous guessed it by now: Triplettes is terrific.

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09/04/08
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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A winning blend of dark and bittersweet, aimed more at adults than kiddies, but suitable for all ages.

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07/22/08
Lisa Nesselson
Variety
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Relish the film's deadpan grotesquery, its flair for invention, be it the fanciful narrative segues or various object lessons...

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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If there's any justice in the world, French animator Sylvain Chomet will be handed the Animated Feature Oscar in February for this fantastic little film.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rich Cline
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There are high-powered opiates that don't pack the psychedelic kick of this cartoon.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat
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La historia se cuenta en imágenes y sonidos, y ese es un primer gran mérito a tener en cuenta en una época en que los personajes del cine suelen hablar demasiado.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
05/05/05
Enrique Buchichio
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A bustling cornucopia of delights.

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
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Something unique: mixing styles, eras and geography into a cocktail that is both funny and melancholy.

Full Review Source: european-films.net | comment Comment
03/14/05
Boyd van Hoeij
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Chomet made this movie to remind us how imaginative animation can be as an art form.

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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
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If you've a heart and a pulse, you will like this movie.

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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The big test was how few times I could look at my watch to determine how much more agony I had to endure.

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
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It’s impossible to watch this movie without gasping at its graphics, and yet we’re so drawn into Chomet’s way of seeing that, after a while, his genius erases the distinction between animation and live action.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/04
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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'El estilo y la atmósfera en que se desarrolla son de una calidad e inteligencia que pocas veces podemos apreciar de este lado del Atlántico.'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
07/20/04
Jorge Avila Andrade
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A beautiful but dull affair.

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06/04/04
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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The Triplets of Belleville is an animated feature with two out-of-the-ordinary superheroes: a zealous old lady and a very fat dog.

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06/02/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Un beau, wildy amusement et un film original ! See this immediately- read on->

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05/15/04
Emily Blunt
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Zee French, zay are different, non? Well, in this case, wonderfully so.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/13/04
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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