Fresh
Minor, almost trite, but still worth treasuring if you're not put off by "precious."
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director
- Dany Boon as Bazil
- Dominique Pinon as Fracasse
- André Dussollier as Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet
- Jean-Pierre Marielle as Placard
- Julie Ferrier as La Môme Caoutchouc
- Yolande Moreau as Tambouille
- Michel Crémadès as Petit Pierre
- Nicolas Marié as François Marconi
- Omar Sy as Remington
- Marie-Julie Baup as Calculette
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Jeunet remains one of the world's most imaginative directors. But Micmacs is a misfire.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
While the parts are quite good, the sum is pretty pedestrian.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
I suspect this is what the world looks like in Jeunet's head all the time.
Eric D. Snider, Film.com
Rotten
Micmacs never bores -- Jeunet keeps the pace brisk and the mood ridiculous -- but the movie piles on the whimsy so tirelessly, you eventually start to choke on it.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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