Stéphane Aubier,
Jeanne Balibar,
Nicolas Buysse,
Francois de Brigode,
Véronique Dumont
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This unusual feature (a French-Belgian-Luxembourgian co-production) stylistically recalls the work of Art Clokey (Gumby, Davey and Goliath), with its lead cast consisting entirely of stop motion-anima... read more
DVD Release Date: July 20, 2010
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Flixster Reviews (363)
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March 13, 2012Well this is the first French, cartoon, comedy film i've seen and its very good.
Its basically a feature length version of the Cravendale adverts, if you like them then you'll love this movie.
It is simply the most random movie to watch though, one minute your on land, then in th... read more -
August 28, 2011From out of seemingly nowhere comes the bare bones stop-motion animation extravaganza Panic Au Village (The Town Called Panic). I fell in love with this on one viewing. It's like watching a kid play with their toys as the logic of the plot is really based around that. One minute ... read more
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July 20, 2011Stop-motion animation still has a place in film today despite the computer generated brilliance of Pixar and Dreamwork etc. "Wallace and Gromit" are still a success and with the arrival of this inventive adventure, it shows that there's still some mileage left in the old stop-mot... read more
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March 22, 2011Very strange...but interestingly done at the same time. Truly one of the strangest things I have seen in a long, long time. The story is bizarre, and the animation is childlike. Its worth the time, I guess, if only to see something completely out of the ordinary...but there doesn... read more
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January 23, 2011Charming, original toy-motion animation brimming with creative ideas and a silly sense of fun.Recommended to children of all ages.
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January 20, 2011From Belgium comes a plastic and fantastic toy story that is nothing like Toy Story.
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December 29, 2010The ultimate argument against all the 3D animated crap that gets stuffed into cinemas every month. There's still hope for animation after all. If you're thinking this is some kind of french Robot Chicken think again, no useless pop culture "jokes" here. There are actual character... read more
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December 23, 2010Three plastic toys---Cowboy, Indian and Horse---chase the aquatic bats who keep stealing their walls to the center of the earth, across the frozen tundra, and to the bottom of the sea, causing Horse to be late for his music lessons. This breakneck-paced stop-motion animation fro... read more
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November 28, 2010charming bizarro world toy story. wonderful old school stop motion. check out the trailer! i can't help wondering how i would describe this highly imaginative tale of cowboy, indian and horse to my friends here in arizona. LOL
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October 22, 2010One of the most bonkers films I've ever seen! It's quite wonderful too, very silly and totally original (at least I've never seen anything like it before!). I do wish they'd have dubbed it into English though (or I wish I could understand French a little better) as it is breaknec... read more
Critic Reviews
June 18, 2010
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
March 26, 2010
Peter Brunette, Hollywood Reporter
There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant.
March 12, 2010
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
If a precocious 9-year-old with attention deficit issues made a stop-motion animated movie, he might produce a triumph of supreme silliness like A Town Called Panic. Full Review
February 19, 2010
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
All the silliness unfolds in a complex social structure, where good manners are expected, bad behaviour is punished and birthdays are not to be forgotten. Full Review
February 19, 2010
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
In a world lousy with computer animation and 3-D whizz-bangery -- j'accuse, James Cameron! -- it's nice to know there's still fun to be had with nothing more than plastic figures and a little imaginat... Full Review
January 29, 2010
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Made with an anarchic, anything-goes spirit, this is truly a film, not to mention a town, where you never know what's going to happen next. Full Review
January 21, 2010
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
It may put you in mind of silent comedies and freewheeling animators of the past like Chuck Jones. Full Review
January 21, 2010
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Stop-motion at its messiest and nuttiest. Full Review
January 21, 2010
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
A Town Called Panic is a proudly Calvinist work -- I mean the comic strip character, not the philosopher -- that understands the delights of deep play. Full Review
January 21, 2010
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
So this is what deadpan slapstick surrealist Belgian stop-motion animation looks like. I like it! Full Review
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