The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

PG

2010

1h 47m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

List

85%

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26 Reviews

54%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

A popular novelist deals with her would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

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Critics Consensus

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec is an old-school adventure yarn with a distaff European - and generally rather delightful - spin.

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

The film lacks the more corrosive aspects of [Jacques] Tardi's work, but Besson replaces it with something that gives the story a larger shape and meaning.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 13, 2013

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Philip French

Guardian

It is a pleasure to look at, but the performances are heavy-handed rather than pleasantly stylised and the whimsy over-abundant.

Apr 23, 2011

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Independent (UK)

Rated: 3/5

Apr 22, 2011

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Imagine a zany mix of Amélie and Lara Croft, Indiana Jones and Tintin, and you have Louise Bourgoin's plucky heroine.

Dec 5, 2020

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Sophie Kingston-Smith

CineVue

So good-natured that whether the audience are smiling delightedly or groaning inwardly, all will be enjoying its visual beauty and plucky spirit.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 28, 2019

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

This is what comic-book movies look like when they're not blown up into $200 million monstrosities: friendly and eldritch and kinda cosy even in the middle of outrageous escapades.

Aug 14, 2013

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rob b

Old school fantastic adventure par excellence.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Liam D

Luc Besson's (Subway, Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) best movie since the Fifth Element and is a fun time adventure that I want to see more off

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/22

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david l

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is a wonderful 2010 fantasy adventure the likes of which we have rarely seen in this century. It channels European comic-books as well as the Indiana Jones movies, but done better than the latter due to a refreshingly lesser emphasis on frenetic action. It has gorgeous sets, costumes and locations while the humor is also surprisingly good. It's such an enjoyable flick that was elevated to greater heights thanks to a stupendous performance from Louise Bourgoin as the plucky, funny and immensely charming heroine.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A wonderful surprise. An old fashioned, witty adventure yarn with a great leading lady and supporting cast. It's been discribed as a hyprid between Amelie and Indiana Jones, and I have to agree. But there is a lower budget charm in this tale. It has a self awareness about it's self that makes it a fun time where the characters seem to be totally in on the absurdness that the film abounds in, much to the viewers benefit. Fun and entertaining in it's own eccentric, but enchanting way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Loved every minute of it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Louise Bourgoin is both charming and captivating, and it's a lot of fun watching a female adventuress swashbuckle her way around the world. The story is odd, but I found it charmingly odd and lots of fun, with a lot of equally entertaining side characters. I really wish Adele had gotten a few further adventures in the form of sequels.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Louise Bourgoin

Adèle Blanc-Sec

Mathieu Amalric

Dieuleveult

Gilles Lellouche

Inspecteur Léonce Caponi

Jean-Paul Rouve

Justin de Saint-Hubert

Jacky Nercessian

Marie-Joseph Esperandieu

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Synopsis

A popular novelist deals with her would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

Director: Luc Besson
Producer: Virginie Silla
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Luc Besson
Production Co: EuropaCorp
Rating: PG (Language|Brief Sensuality|Rude Humor|Some Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m

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