Fresh
A raucously fun cartoon that combines raunchiness, political satire and hip-hop to sometimes exhilarating effect.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
The District
2004 · 1h 27m · N/A
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Áron Gauder
Overview
In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Hungarian cartoon feature The District! is a last-minute shoo-in for the title of 2007's most original animated film.
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
Fresh
A tasty Hungarian goulash.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Fifteen credited artists labored over the distinct animated style, a jerky collage in which cutouts of actors' heads are blended with animated bodies and surroundings; result is crude yet novel.
Eddie Cockrell, Variety
Rotten
Eye-popping as The District! is, the overarching geopolitical satire is a haphazardly lobbed grenade too dim-witted to be explosive.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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