Micmacs

Dany Boon

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Rating: 4 stars

Bazil (Dany Boon) was a boy when his father was killed from a land mine built by competing French arms dealers. Years later he leaves a shop he works at for the night when a stray bullet hits him. He survives but due to being in the hospital, he is out of a job and has nowhere to live. A group of junkyard bandits collect him in their estranged family they've made up and agree to help Bazil take down the two arms dealing companies.

Micmacs is a quirky, enjoyable movie. Though it may not be a laugh-out-loud movie of the year, it's the little things in this movie that make it memorable. I thought this movie deserved four stars because I think many people would enjoy it if they were open to witty foreign movies. Yes, it is in another language and you have to read subtitles but it's worth it. It's not a long movie either. At a little over an hour and forty minutes, Micmacs leaves you feeling content and not sleepy (it's not boring). Also, it's similar to the French movie Amelie so if you enjoyed that, you will definitely enjoy Micmacs.