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The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

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A man (Orlando Seale) with a timepiece for a heart ignores warnings that he must never fall in love after he spies a beautiful singer (Samantha Barks).
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Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times 09/23/2014
"Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart" stubbornly remains less than the sum of its parts. But its rich visual imagery suggests the talented artists involved could create something exciting and truly original if they had a better script. Go to Full Review
Rob Humanick Slant Magazine 09/21/2014
2.5/4
The film is at once enabled and hindered by its utter strangeness, an intrinsic quality surely exacerbated in its English-language release. Go to Full Review
Peter Debruge Variety 03/17/2014
Malzieu has created a fully-realized, wildly imaginative storybook world and populated it with eccentric characters. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net 05/02/2019
C
In spite of problems I still enjoyed watching it. Go to Full Review
Craig Mathieson The Sunday Age 01/07/2018
3/5
The story is scratchy, and Malzieu's songs don't always translate well, but the visual aesthetic is tactile and sublime. Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Alternate Ending 11/28/2017
3/5
Learned all the right lessons from early Tim Burton, concocting a whole world full of distorted, horrific visions and treating them with unadulterated, unapologetic joy. Go to Full Review
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Emalíne C Apr 13 This movie was a fever dream I was visually assaulted over 20 different times. I hate the French now and I will never be able to leave my country out of fear of witnessing something as visually scarring as this movie. I wish I had amnesia so I wouldn't have to have traumatic flashbacks of Jack the ripper chasing a 14 year old ginger British boy. To anyone who says this movie is appealing or reminded of their child hood I have good psychiatric wards I can reccomend. I will have ptsd of this day forever, I literally got an account just to warn you. See more Madelyn V Dec 30 I think this movie is really good I love the visuals and the songs See more Daniela M 10/23/2024 This movie is amazing from the storyline to the animation and heartbreaking story of love , I highly recommend this movie it entirely deserves more recognition for its amazing characters and unique sense of aesthetic! See more Lucas M 09/14/2024 Maravilhoso, uma obra de perfeição com um drama que faz chorar ao mesmo tempo, ficar triste e feliz, esse filme transmite um mix de emoções See more Ghost G 06/11/2024 Open up your mind a little, and you’ll see the romantic magic of this film. Stunning imagery and surprisingly thrilling moments. See more Cindy H 06/21/2022 its kind of tim burton-y with steampunk elements. love the music in the movie, its one of my favorite things about the movie! but just so you know, this movie doesn't have a happy ending See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man (Orlando Seale) with a timepiece for a heart ignores warnings that he must never fall in love after he spies a beautiful singer (Samantha Barks).
Director
Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu
Producer
Luc Besson, Jeremy Burdek, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski
Screenwriter
Mathias Malzieu
Distributor
Dada Films, The Film Collective
Rating
PG (Some Language|Smoking|Scary Images|Suggestive Material)
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 24, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 34m
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