A Town Called Panic
Panique au village
Luxembourg, France, Belgium
2009
75 Min
Color
2.35:1
French
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Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. Each speedy character is voiced — and animated — as if their very air contains both amphetamines and laughing gas. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone? —Cannes Film Festival
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Michael Harbour
13Jan12
Wow. Just...wow. Do yourself a favor; see this knowing as little about it as possible.
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Christopher Bentley Owen
16Mar11
@Julian- thanks for posting your review. I particularly liked this: "What proceeds defies narrative explanation – any attempt to do so would come out as some sort of Dada-influenced poem – but somehow starts making some sort of sense as the animated figures begin to construct their own universe."
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By David Hudson on December 16, 2009
"Ricky, the latest film by François Ozon to receive release in the United States, is so chock full of tonal and generic shifts that
A TOWN CALLED PANIC Hitting North America Soon!
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Good news, boys and girls. Cult Belgian animation A Town Called Panic (aka Panique Au Village, aka Massive Twitch Fave, aka Fantastic Fest Audience Award Winner) will soon be hitting North American shores
A TOWN CALLED PANIC Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Belgium has a rich background in comic books, but when it comes to animation there’s not too much happening here. Sure, we have Picha (Blanche Neige: La Suite), most other attempts at producing something
A TOWN CALLED PANIC Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
(Our thanks goes out to Joseph Sylvers for the review)The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy’s book within the book begins with the phrase “Don’t Panic”, because the universe is a dizzying, dazzlingly complex
TIFF 09: PANIQUE AU VILLAGE (A TOWN CALLED PANIC) Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Will Horse find true love? Will Steven fix his tractor? What will it take to stop the underwater pond dwellers from stealing the walls of Cowboy, Indian and Horse’s house? Yes, boys and girls, it’s the
A TOWN CALLED PANIC Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 22, 2010
Belgium has a rich background in comic books, but when it comes to animation there’s not too much happening here. Sure, we have Picha (Blanche Neige: La Suite), most other attempts at producing something
A TOWN CALLED PANIC Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
(Our thanks goes out to Joseph Sylvers for the review)The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy’s book within the book begins with the phrase “Don’t Panic”, because the universe is a dizzying, dazzlingly complex
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