Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

diegogarcia668 A fantastic film, which makes you feel depressed, and feel nostalgia. Amazing and straight forward story, minimalistic yet realistic animation, which critiques the lives' of the modern man, with deep meanings and many references to the life in the 50's. The caricatures of the mafia, and the over caring grandmother are hilarious. The movie also is very depressing. If you watch it till the end, you instantly have a feeling in your stomach, especially after the last scene. The deterioration of the house, is also extremely saddening, and you really root for the characters, mostly for the granny. I recommend you watch it and be prepared for an emotional roller coaster.

Donald F Triplets manages to be a solid film despite the lack of dialog. Some movies that try this style are a bore, but Triplets is enjoyable because of its solid pace and great animation. Its best aspect is its style - characters and objects are portrayed in cartoonish, amusing ways. A biker has a huge nose, tall, emaciated body, and bulging legs like biceps. A tiny, wealthy man is protected perfectly between square, identical body guards. They're pretty creative images, and they're shown throughout the film. It also has some pretty good jokes, without needing words to set them up. A small nitpick is the caricatures seen in America. All of the background characters are obese. I'm not offended by it, but considering the ingenious designs in the rest of the movie, Triplets was picking at low-hanging fruit. But that's a minor grievance. Overall, its an appealing, fun ride, with enough style to make it unique.

dchristop Loved this movie for years and just saw a 1990 Canadian Indie - "Strangers in Good Company" - that obviously inspired some of the title characters. The older film portrays eight woman who get stranded in the Canadian outback for several days. Several of them dance... and catch frogs! And at least two of them look just like the triplets. Nice. Recall that Triplets includes a Montreal/New York blended city on this side of the pond. Both films also celebrate the spirit of older women. I believe Triplets was dedicated to the grandmothers like the one who is a hero in the movie. And of course the Triplets themselves are faded stars from perhaps the 1930s.

eduardo ramirez In recent years there has been a boom (mostly thanks to globalization) in the release of foreign animated films outside the common market (i.e. Disney, Dreamworks, Japanese anime), mainly European emerging as alternatives for those seeking animation not made for kids. Within this wave comes the french movie The Triplets of Belleville, one of the most original animated films ever made (in the opinion of this writer, of course).Directed by Sylvain Chomet tells the story of Madame Souza who is in charge of raising her grandson Champion after being orphaned. In search of something that makes him happy, she discovers that Champion's true vocation is cycling and after years of hard training is ready to compete in the famous Tour de France. But in the middle of the competition he is kidnapped by a mafia that uses cyclists for clandestine races and they're killed if they lose. Thus, Madame Souza begins the rescue of her grandson in the bizarre town of Belleville with the help of the triplets of Belleville, famous stars of music hall in the 20's.This is how Chomet creates an amazing story full of absurdities and nonsensical situations that works wonderfully and without the need of dialogues, creates absolute empathy to characters that appear to be designed to cause annoyance. A very curious element is Chomet's decision to portray Belleville (an obvious reference to New York) as a city full of morbidly obese people. Although this is meant as a critique of Western society where consumption makes people apathetic and uninterested in themselves.Moreover, the music plays an important role in this film, without being a musical in the strict sense of the word has incredibly vivid and infectious musical moments, like the opening scene, which recalls the glory years of the triplets and in the making small appearances of legends like Django Reinhardt, Josephine Baker and Fred Astaire, in addition the soundtrack composed by Benoit Charest adds a feeling of nostalgia.In short, The Triplets of Belleville is the perfect example of an animated film that breaks all established and refreshes the genre in an unexpected way.