A Monster in Paris (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 12 Oct 2011
• Country: France
• Adwords: 3 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961097/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_monster_in_paris
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: French, English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Stéphane Kazandjian, Bibo Bergeron
• Director: Bibo Bergeron
• Cast: Matthieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh
• Keywords: monster, paris, france,

	6.7/10
	87% – Critics
	65% – Audience

A Monster in Paris Storyline

Parijs, 1910. Shy movie theater operator Emile accompanies his boisterous friend, would be-inventor Raoul, who delivers goods by sunflower oil-powered truck, with a shipment to an absent botany professor’s lab where the devoted monkey assistant Charles fails to prevent flippant Raoul experimenting against clear written warnings with seeds and super-fertilizer to accidentally create a giant plant and a monstrously magnified flee that breaks trough the hot greenhouse roof. The roofs-leaping monster causes panic throughout the inundation-plagued city, so police prefect Maynott considers it the ideal diversion from regular police problems and an opportunity to enter the mayoral election race as the hero who caught it. Raoul has a furiously denied mutual crush -like Maynott- on nightclub singer Lucille, who meets the monster, finds it cute and gets the gang to try hiding it, and help it escape when Maynott finds its trail and won’t be stopped, not even by grave danger for people.

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A Monster in Paris Movie Reviews

A little French gem steeped in poetry

The Computer-Generated Imagery is absolutely fabulous: it creates a fantastic and wonderful atmosphere kindly inviting the spectators to immerse themselves in the Paris of 1910, partially submerged by an exceptional flood. There is a lot of poetry and tenderness.

In the original version, the main characters are interpreted by Matthieu Chedid (better known under the pseudonym -M-), François Cluzet, the delicious and well-known Vanessa Paradis. The songs are beautifully interpreted with two versions of ‘La Seine’. The first one is without -M-, with slight and voluntary low spirits. The second one, with -M-: this time Vanessa Paradis offers us an interpretation full of vitality and charm!

As a synthesis: a major cartoon for all the family. 6/7 of 10

You might have a devil of a time finding this in its original French version…

In the US, the DVD for this film only has the English language version of this French cartoon. The same goes for Netflix. Interestingly, in Canada BOTH versions come on the DVD and I wish we had that option here in the States.

The story is odd to say the least. A flea is accidentally dosed with some chemicals and grows to human-size–larger, actually. However, an odd lady chanteuse falls sorry for the nice bug and helps hide him from baddies who want to destroy him and have convinced most everyone that the flea is a horrible monster. Together with her two male friends, the three humans have adventures with the flea and explore the streets and neighborhoods of Paris.

The plot to this film is okay, but what really impressed me was the nice computerized graphics. The film is nearly as nice looking as a Dreamworks or Pixar film but also has a look about it that is uniquely French. I particularly liked seeing Montmartre and Sacre Coueur–magnificent places that look even better in this nice film.

Overall, an enjoyable film that probably would appeal more to older children than young ones due to the style of characters and types of songs in the movie.

Cute, charming, beautifully animated, musically rich, lovely atmosphere- a very good film for the family

I will admit at first when I first saw the trailer I wasn’t entirely drawn in. But since being a fan of animation and learning from films like Lilo and Stitch, Galaxy Quest, Tangled and Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame(all examples of movies that had trailers that either didn’t appeal or were misleading, but the actual film I enjoyed or was blown away by) that you shouldn’t judge a movie by their trailer. I really liked A Monster in Paris, the beginning may take a little too much time to get going and like the concept there are one or two bits that seem a teensy- bit contrived. However, the way the film is written, ensures that it is all very light-hearted, with a sense of fun, a lot of charm and a big heart at its centre. The characters are still engaging, who doesn’t love Franceur, and the voice acting is very dynamic. The humour is nothing absolutely extraordinary, but I was still amused by it. What I did like too were the references to early horror movies, looking at the Monster’s disguise you immediately think of the Invisible Man, there are some exciting chase scenes and there is nothing overly-sentimental. There were three things though that stood out. One was the atmosphere, A Monster in Paris has such a lovely and nostalgic feel to it, seeing as that is exactly the feeling I got when I went to Paris I felt the film evoked this very well. It is a very rich film musically, with songs that completely bewitch you with their simplicity and beauty and a score that is enchanting in melody and like the atmosphere gives a sense of nostalgia. And the animation is stunning, the characters are all well-modelled and there is a clean and bright colour palette but the stars were the city landmarks, which I loved spotting, and the period setting. Overall, a very good film, not completely perfect, but better than the rating it’s got at the moment and one of the more pleasant animated films of the year. 8/10 Bethany Cox