Synopsis
At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.
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Cast
- Édouard BaerAlex Tanguy (voice)
- Jackie BerroyerThe Mole (voice)
- Audrey TautouMary Delauney (voice)
- Jean-Pierre MarielleThe Man with the Broken Face (voice)
- Gaspard GagnolLéo (voice)
- Noa Bernaoui-SavreuxTiti (voice)
- Patrick RidremontThe Nervous Little Man / The Safecracker / The Exterminator (voice)
- Patrick DescampsThe Giant (voice)
- Yves BarbautPolice Commissioner Simon (voice)
- Philippe PeythieuThe Mayor / Dino (voice)
Recommendations
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The Film Stage
With its vibrant colors muted for a NYC noir aesthetic and every 2D field shaded by roughly textured shadows in constant motion, the frames literally flicker off the screen to leave a lasting impression. - 83
The Playlist
What makes Phantom Boy unique isn’t the questions it asks, but the way it asks them and the answers it arrives at. - 75
The A.V. Club
Even though it doesn’t all come together thrillingly, Phantom Boy garners a lot of goodwill just for looking and feeling original. - 75
RogerEbert.com
The film can be smothered by the obligations of its plot, but it's still beautiful and original, extremely funny, and sometimes very moving. - 74
The Verge
Felicioli and Gagnol's latest may be trying to do a few too many things at once, given its short length and genial aims. But it's still something distinctive and different in a sea of shiny mirrors, all reflecting the same slick CGI style back at each other. - 70
Village Voice
Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol's superhero story Phantom Boy is no April and the Extraordinary World — but still fine for what it is. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Like their Oscar-nominated “A Cat in Paris” (2010), Phantom Boy by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gangol is a modest, engaging film that reminds viewers of the intimate pleasures of drawn animation in an era of CG blockbusters. - 63
Slant Magazine
The filmmakers are thankfully willing to render, with unremitting vigor, how grief can batter the human heart.
