Micmacs: DVD Review
Micmacs
Released by Roadshow Home Entertainment
Rating: M
For those who know their French films will be familiar with
director Jean Pierre Jeunet; he brought us the wonderful
Delicatessen and the nightmarish City of Lost Children.
In French film, Micmacs, Danny Boon plays Bazil, who, as a boy lost
his father to a landmine explosion - and who in later life, is shot
in the head while witnessing a robbery and minding his own
business.
After recovering, Bazil finds himself homeless and (understandably)
bearing somewhat of a grudge against the weapons manufacturers who
had a hand in these key moments of his life
So when he's taken in by a bunch of homeless people, and galvanised
into action, Bazil sets about manufacturing the downfall of those
who've wronged him.
MicMacs is a slight premise strung together by some wonderfully
whimsical moments - but it's a seriously loveable surreal
collection of cinematic images. Jeunet's always had the eye towards
a What The? moment and this latest film doesn't disappoint.
Rating: 7/10
