The greatest coffee drinking scene in history...

Pure imagination. A Town Called Panic is a surreal mishmash of wild comedic impulse and fantastic whimsy. I won't even begin to summarize the plot - there's no point. Suffice it to say that this movie's thoroughly unpredictable, full of energy and a ton of fun. It's way too manic to be perceived as droll, and it's way too French to loose control completely. It's kinda like Mr. Hulot's stop motion fever dream (which is still a bit more marketable than Jacques Tati undiluted).

The directors, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier, don't have any other full-length features to their name and their greenness is most apparent in the editing. The flow bogs down towards the end; the jokes don't become any less funny or less abundant, they just stop moving the story along and as a result it just sorta drags. But, all in all it's a real good time.

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I loved how absurd the whole thing was.

Anarchic, uproarious stop-motion animation about housemates (and plastic figurines) Cowboy and Indian, and what happens when they accidentally order 50 million bricks for their friend Horse's birthday. A unique film of relentless energy, full of inspired visual gags, with plotting that's impossible to second-guess, even if the scattergun approach means that not every gag hits the mark. Perpetually-yelling neighbour Steven is one of the funniest characters I've encountered: the scene where he eats a gigantic breakfast being the absolute highlight here.

A silly and entertaining movie. Somehow it being in French made it even better. You should watch this.

This, simply put, is comedy in its purest.

It has one job and one job only: to be funny.

And it does its job better than most movies of the past twenty years.

While its not quite as good as the best absurd comedies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Airplane, it certainly holds its own against them. The comedy is quick, clean, and insane. It never disappoints and it's NEVER boring.

I wouldn't DARE spoil anything about it. It continually surprises until the very end, and quickly establishes as one of the most entertaining animations ever made.

Watch it. Show it to your friends. Show it to your family. I don't care, just make sure more people know about it.

A deliriously madcap mo-cap. A Town Called Panic makes for a trippy, hallucinogenic animated feature that daringly defies glossy mainstream aesthetic – and so much better for it. It’s also very dementedly funny.

Full review: www.themoviejerk.co.uk/film-reviews/a-town-called-panic-2010/

by The Moviejerk

Esta es la pelicula ideal para niños pequeños ya que emula las historias que ellos inventarian con sus juguetes. "A Town Called Panic" es divertidisima ya que presenta un sentido del humor mas inocente ademas de utilizar un estilo de animacion que podria parecer que cualquiera de nosotros podria lograrla (aunque lo dudo). Los personajes de Horse, Cowboy e Indian no son los tipicos estereotipos que vemos en peliculas animadas, de hecho me cayeron muy bien porque disfrutan la aventura.
Nunca sabes que puede pasar en "A Town Called Panic" pero lo que si es seguro es que es una pelicula increiblemente creativa y divertida de Belgica que va a ser disfrutada por toda la familia.

Charming enough, but a bit thin for a feature-length film. 79 minutes was probably about my limit ... It does pass the 5-laugh comedy rule so I can't complain too much. It's just a bit too madcap and wacky for my taste.

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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.