My wife loves all things French. Food, decor, film, music, the whole she-bang. One of my roommates loves animation, in just about every form. I love gothic storytelling. So this movie hit all our buttons, in different ways, and we all walked away feeling good about this movie, though some a little more good than others.
A Monster in Paris is a French animated film. The story is that the Seine has flooded most of the low portions of Paris, and the people are looking for a new leader. At the same time, two young men are looking for love. After curiosity strikes and they accidentally create an enormous singing flea monster, the monster finds his way to burlesque (basically) where the main singer and star names him Francoeur. It soon becomes a big monster hunt as our bad guy tries to make Francoeur out to be a monster, and our protagonists all look for love and music in their lives.
The film is very beautifully animated, and very fast paced. A little too fast paced for me, actually, as I wanted much more of Francoeur and much more singing. The film is not quite a musical, as there really are not enough musical moments for that to be the case, so it comes across as this really nice semi-gothic, Phantom of the Opera meets Jules Verne adventure movie. It is absolutely a family friendly film. It is clever, inventive, beautiful, and very well made. I wish there was more music moments, and more of the beautiful beautiful Sean Lennon (yes, that Lennon, he's Yoko and John's son) singing. I cannot give this film less than an A, but I am conflicted on how much I like the film. In the end, I'll never forget it, and talk about with many people, and really, there isn't a better way to say you like something.
Watch this movie. It'll will be worth your while.
Grade: A+
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