Phantom Boy

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Audience Member Captivatingly charming to a familiar extent of kinetic style whilst being miraculously harmless, it juggles realistic undertones and Hitchcock's "Rear Window" to an unexpected creative, original and emotional height. (A-) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member While the eng dub can be off at times, It's still brilliant! Like a cross between superhero film and classical Fine Art. Visually stunning, the colors pop, and the cinematic style is particularly good. Highly recommend! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review spencer p Phantom Boy is blessed with a freely simple animation style and an intriguing protagonist, but the cartoonish fight-against-crime mechanic is a very cliche one by today's standards. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A fun story for kids of all ages. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Late R The plot is a mostly generic affair and lacks the necessary depth to make it truly compelling, but with the unique aspect of the protagonist's ability, charming characters, and lovely hand-drawn animation with that old-school feel, 'Phantom Boy' is still an entertaining film with a distinct noir feel to it. It's just a shame they didn't delve a little deeper - there was certainly potential for it to be something spectacularly interesting and profound. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/01/17 Full Review Audience Member I have always enjoyed foreign animated features, especially the French ones like Belleville Rendez-vous and A Town Called Panic, finding them to be a refreshing change from the glorious wonderment of Disney flicks and the Japanese Anime. This is from the same creators behind the well received and Oscar nominated A Cat In Paris, Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol. But this time setting the scene in today's New York where a criminal mastermind is at large planning to take over the city. Unfortunately, as this was a early afternoon screening for our younger, British generation, so I had to watch the American dubbed version, replacing the original French stars voices. Big names of French cinema too like Amélie's Audrey Tautou and Tous les Matins du Monde's Jean-Pierre Marielle. Like A Cat In Paris, the film follows an odd yet satisfying pair of heroes as they embarked on an adventure to piece together the mystery in hope to thwart the bad guy's plan. Our main hero is Leo, a hospitalised child who has an unique ability of being able to leave his body while sleeping and venture off in a ghostly manner able to visit his surroundings with being detected. He chooses to help a wheelchair bound policeman, who's broken his leg whilst being in pursuit of our antagonist, The Face. It's simplistic style doesn't deter the enjoyment or the animation in any way. It's very much a stunning piece of work, with a gorgeous use of vibrant colours versus shadows that gives the otherwise flat imagery great depth. The film has a lot of heart, something that is ideal for an audience of children. It's an engaging adventure that feels like those early adventure stories we would read as kids, the ones with basic yet powerful illustrations. This film is much like those, only fully animated in all it's glory. A delightful piece of animation. Running Time: 7 The Cast: 8 Performance: 8 Direction: 8 Story: 7 Script: 7 Creativity: 7 Soundtrack: 7 Job Description: 7 The Extra Bonus Points: 0 66% 7/10 www.spoileralertreviews.co.uk Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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