Synopsis
While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.
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Cast
- Dany BoonBazil
- Dominique PinonFracasse
- André DussollierNicolas Thibault De Fenouillet
- Jean-Pierre MariellePlacard
- Julie FerrierRubber Kid
- Yolande MoreauTambouille
- Michel CrémadèsPetit Pierre
- Nicolas MariéFrançois Marconi
- Omar SyRemington
- Marie-Julie BaupCalculette
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Boxoffice Magazine
Like "Amelie," Micmacs is visually dazzling, the ravishing images coming courtesy of "La Vie en Rose" cinematographer, Tetsuo Nagata. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Jeunet maintains a firm control of his dreamscape creation, drawing on influences as varied as "Toy Story," "Children of Paradise," and TV's "Mission: Impossible." - 83
The A.V. Club
At its best, Micmacs is a robust, enjoyably lunatic game. It's social commentary by way of a good Looney Tune. - 80
Variety
Turning the volume of his slapstick surreality down from 11 to 10, Gallic auteur Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Amelie") hits the sweet spot with Micmacs. - 75
ReelViews
Micmacs is an inventive romp punctuated by the kind of quirkiness Jeunet has brought to all his films. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Another beguiling if draining fantasia from Jean-Pierre Jeuet that harkens back to silent movies. - 70
Village Voice
Micmacs is more fantasia than violent revenge tale. And its pleasing curlicues--like a bouquet of spoons--linger long after the predictable outcome. - 65
Movieline
Nearly everyone, and everything, in Micmacs is at one point or another guilty of trying too hard.