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Ten-year-old Arthur has a lot on his plate: a real estate developer is about to snap up his grandma's home -- and there's no way Arthur's going to hang around for his parents or grandparents to sort o...( read more 
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MCT:June 28, 2008
decent family movie...combines a few stories in a new way to bring about a kinda original plot while sticking to fantasy...
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MCT:June 11, 2008Fantastic and dazzling new combination of live-action and ground-breaking CGI technology in this magical tale. The Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature, were cute even Princess Selenia looked so beautiful. Totally original, hilarious and happy ending.
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MCT:June 10, 2008
"This is Archibald Suchot, a treasure hunter, explorer, and engineer. He spent ten years in Africa building every type of useful thing. By the way, it's in the heat of Africa that our story begins. Well, this really isn't Africa: it's Connecticut, and this is the house that Archibald lived in before he mysteriously disappeared. But that's a story that Archibald's grandson would be more qualified to tell you. You'll see that he's quite a charming kid who answers to the name of... Arthur."
* NOTE: This is a review of the film's English version.
The name Luc Besson is probably synonymous with fast-paced, action-packed films laden with violence and intensity, like Nikita, Léon, and the Science Fiction fantasy The Fifth Element. The Taxi franchise too is associated with the French director, as are the other diverse variety of films written by him, ranging from the Transporter films to 13th District and Danny the Dog.
And finally, an animation which doesn't feature talking animals. Talk about a deserved break from animation of those sorts. Besson has weaved a magical fantasy adventure, adapting a book (Arthur et les Minimoys, written by himself), combining live action and delightful 3D animation which is absolutely stunning, and not forgetting a memorable, simple yet strong story to carry the film through, rather than rehashed juvenile tales that put you to sleep. I'm really glad to say I had a lot of fun watching Arthur and the Minimoys and to have shut my ears to all those who trashed it for no reason.
Set in the 1960s New England, the story tells the adventures of Arthur (Freddie Highmore), a 10-year-old boy who's staying with his kooky Granny (Mia Farrow) while his parents are in the big city looking for jobs. After his grandpa disappeared, his granny was left to deal with bill collectors and land barons. But Arthur is determined to keep a real estate developer from taking their home, a beautiful old farmhouse filled with antiques and knick-knacks from all parts of the world. He finds a solution buried in the pages of his grandpa's diary - a treasure of words and pictures describing the Minimoys, a tribe of miniature people less than an inch tall who live in perfect harmony with nature. Before Arthur knows it, he's shrunk down to their size and venturing into their world - beneath Granny's back yard
Once there, Arthur encounters a miniature kingdom of tiny people, including a noble, clumsy king (Robert DeNiro), his sassy daughter, Princess Selenia (Madonna), her boyish but 300-year-old brother, Betameche (Jimmy Fallon), a good wizard, Miro (Harvey Keitel), a bad wizard, Maltazard (David Bowie), and all manner of elves and other creatures. According to the diary, there's also a fortune in the form of rubies buried somewhere in the kingdom - enough for Granny to pay off the bill collectors.
Once Arthur drops (literally) into the kingdom, he changes from a real boy into a CGI-animated hobbit of sorts. And he realizes there might be a win-win situation here. He needs the rubies, and the kingdom needs relief from the evil Maltazard (who looks amazingly like Bowie himself), who rules over the forbidden city of Necropolis, which is also where the rubies are stashed.
No doubt that you might think there are bits which makes it look like a distant cousin of Honey I Shrunk the Kids, or Ants / A Bug's Life, but Arthur and the Minimoys is original in its own merits and has its own saccharine sweet backstory developed, leading to an inevitable ending of which it isn't pessimistic about. In fact, it ends on hope, and love, and there's always something special with films that dare to end with that.
The film's live-action scenes have a splendiferous cartoon wonder about them, just as the cartoon elements are remarkably life-like, meaning the story's real and fantasy realms immaculately blend into one another. Like Arthur's grandfather, Besson is always harnessing image and light, playfully contrasting truth-seeking elements from both of the film's worlds. There is a journey down a river inside a straw, a chase sequence involving a toy Ferrari, and an off-the-hook battle sequence atop a record player that blasts, among other tunes, "Lonesome Town" and "Stayin' Alive." Always summoning our consciousness and making known that it has the survival of its human and non-human characters alike.
A couple of years ago, Arthur came and went theatrically without even clearing $30 million in the States, but it was more successful around here where it was released under its original title, Arthur and the Minimoys. This, you know, makes a lot more sense since they aren't fucking invisible! It made enough to greenlight two sequels, which should be released in 2009 and 2010. I only hope they're as fun, entertaining and light-hearted as this. Ignore the naysayers, this is a highly recommended animated feature. -
MCT:June 8, 2008
Absolutely adorable, the cg animation is excellent, and although the story is standard children fantasy fare, it doesn't hinder this movie. The voice acting is also suberp, David Bowie, Madonna and Freddie Highmore are all excellent. Although I must say i mainly watched this for David Bowie, as it was sort of reliving him in Labyrinth
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MCT:June 5, 2008This was cute! It was a good combination of a ton of movies, like King Arthur, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, and Harry Potter (kinda. just one part).
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ashbuzznoposted 240 days ago -
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Bill Kaulitz act in this movie but in german he was sooooo hot :P
posted 249 days ago -
I gave this movie a 4 star. I think it's a great family movie, some over 11 may not be interested. It was a great film with live and animation. good story,shows once more the (evil)one Tries to destroy the Good. Not an edge of the seat movie, but you can enjoy it for the work put in to it. set in the late 50's early 60's. I guess you can say.. this is why we have gnomes in the yard
posted 392 days ago -
It's horrible - went with the school and it was a complete waste of time - was supposed to see bridge to terabethia but the theatre couldnt get it in : (
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