This is a very good movie, it has very few lines of dialog and yet it keeps you interseted, it has some issues though: 1. A woman is topless twoard the begining of the film, but it's not very graphic (Plus it's animated). 2. Violence includes: shootings, car crashes, some peril, explosins, no on screen deaths, but deaths non the less. 3. IF you look closesly you can see the finger breifly fashed (But it's hard to see). So overall this is a fun cartoon for teens.
The Triplets of Belleville
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Not for little kids but great grown-up pleasure.
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for Ages 12 and Up
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This review of The Triplets of Belleville was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this movie's rating comes from brief crude humor and some violence.
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What’s the Story?
The astonishing, outlandish, and singular originality of THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE defeats any attempt to describe or explain it. But it also makes it a lot of fun to watch. I can only tell you that it begins with a black and white segment with the title characters scat singing in a swanky 1930's nightclub. It turns out that this is being watched on television in the 1960's by a young boy with his grandmother and their dog. Then we see the boy years later, grown up and a Tour de France competitor with formidably muscular legs. He is kidnapped and his club-footed grandmother and aging dog, aided by the now-elderly triplets, go to the rescue.
Is It Any Good?
The semblance of a plot is barely relevant to this movie. If it's about anything, it's about vision and imagination. Each scene is cheerily stuffed with arresting graphic effects, vertiginous angles, witty visual puns, and imaginative flights of fancy.
Everything looks both familiar and strange at the same time, with quirky combinations of old and new Paris and New York, all deliriously and deliciously loony. The triplets throw explosives into the water to catch the frogs they eat for dinner. The bad guys look like a big black wall. And Bruno the dog has a dream that is only slightly more surreal than everything else.
Movie Details
Studio: Sony Pictures, Director: Sylvain Chomet
Run time: 80 minutes
Theatrical release: 11/26/2003, DVD release: 5/4/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor
Run time: 80 minutes
Theatrical release: 11/26/2003, DVD release: 5/4/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor
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There are so many obscure cultural references, this movie surely goes over most children's heads. Plus there are some rather grotesque scenes showing topless dancing and women of ill repute. I was not comfortable watching this with my 11 year old daughter.
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