2009 ‘Panique au village’ Directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.
French Cowboy Mathias Malzieu Mike Ponton Élisabet Maistre Eric Serra-Tosio Guillaume Garidel Stéphan Bertholio
La Parti Production Made in Productions Beast Productions Les Films du GrognonRTBF Les films du grognon RTBF Gébéka Films
Panika v městečku, Pánico en la granja, 小村嚇嚇叫, Cowboy, Indianer og Hest - The Movie!, Panico al Villaggio, A town called panic, Град Паника, Pànic a la granja, Panik in der Pampa, Pánikfalva, Panico al villaggio, 우당탕 마을, Uma Cidade Chamada Pânico, Паника в деревне, Panik i byn, 惊恐小镇
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81/100
A Town Called Panic is deranged and adventurous lunacy, bursting with a sustained sense of playfulness and grounded emotion that adds up to one of the purest cinematic experiences that I can immediately recall. Might become a little overtiring by the end, but that's only because it's so relentlessly exhausting (in a good day) and constantly side-splitting. The beautiful inventiveness of its world-building and visual delight cannot be overstated.
The overly-elaborate overly-convoluted tapestry-like creations one would draw in their notebook during grade school, except the french actually went ahead and brought it to life. And like other european films it's kinda pointless and somewhat self-indulgent, but its artistic merit needs no explanation. Good to know they can have fun.
There might be more bricks than there are atoms in the universe.
Part of the 30 countries challenge, 2014, Film #3 - Belgium
A Town Called Panic has restored my faith in animated films. What a joy! What great animation! It puts the fun back into an animated world. It creates an entirely new world where horses waltz and cows get catapulted into windows and Cowboy and Indian take morning showers and walk around on their figurine bases. Brick walls are being stolen and the chase is on to find the culprit. I don't think I've ever been so charmed by a film as quickly and for so long. I can't express how happy I am to have seen this. For years I put up with what comes out of animation studios…
My daughter left the movie halfway through. Why, I wondered. She seemed to be loving it. I went into her room and she was staging her horse ranch and animals and playing out her own scenarios. Here’s a pic of what she was doing. Great. Sometimes we may forget from the bloated computer visualized movies, the utter and inherent joy of films reflecting toys and our minds at play. That’s how A Town Called Panic feels. It’s also just very fun.
"Brett, you're right. The Shape of Water is a really good movie."- my sister
Okay so I told my dad and my sister about this movie and I didn't know how to explain it so instead I started playing it on my Amazon account on the TV and we sort of accidentally watched the entire thing.
This thing is hypnotizing from scene one, something about it is just so unique and absurd.
This is honestly my sense of humor in a nutshell, so I honestly laughed throughout the entire thing and applauded several times too.
At a point in this movie- my sister paused it and asked, "tell me, what is exactly happening in this moment right now." and you…
Chaos incarnate.
A Town Called Panic has no moments of rest during its entire (criminally short) runtime. It’s a constant barrage of jokes and action. It never insists on adding in filler, the romantic subplot just makes the main adventure even funnier and all the characters have just enough screen time.
It’s probably the funniest animated movie I’ve ever seen. The humour is beyond zany, it’s nearly impossible to categorize what type of humour it is, all I know is that it works. The voice acting is ridiculously over the top and the visual comedy and comedic timing is beyond fantastic. It seems like every single interaction is a joke, or setting up some joke for the future.
I feel…
I literally had a massive grin on my face for the entire run time. Colourful, fast paced, and witty as hell, some of its perfectly paced plot beats have be be seen to be believed. Absolute madness in its most side splitting form.
