which had a strong underlying message to young ones a must see with the kiddies.

Are you too mature for a flea that can sing and dance and play the guitar? Too bad for you.

credits to finish ;o I've seen where some reviewers are very critical of 'A Monster In Paris' and seem to think it should have conformed to what they personally expected of it and complain about it 'borrowing' from classics like 'Beauty and the Beast, 'Frankenstein' and others. I believe it to be an original film - as much as can be these days, anyway - with classic themes that are beautifully integrated into a highly original base. 10+ Stars all the way!

better. My 4 year old daughter, 11 year old son and I loved it and my wife quite enjoyed as well. Certainly not a waste of money like some of the other reviewers said.

pertained to the movie and helped to explain what what going on with everyone. That's one thing that I really liked about this movie. Everything that was shown had a purpose. There wasn't anything that happened that didn't help in some way with progressing the movie. The clip of film, the fertilized seed, the necklace breaking. I could go on with the list of things that happened that helped with the plot. The animation and colors were very good too! I would have to say that the style very much reminded me of "Corpse Bride" that I saw a while back. The music even seemed similar.Some of the things that I thought could have been done better would be that with the leading female I wanted to see more with her. She's a performer, I would have liked to have seen a couple different costumes while she was singing. I would have also liked to have heard more than three songs. Maybe one or two more would have been nice. Also, some of the animation just seemed a bit awkward. Mainly with the children characters where they're running. I found the ending scene with the main male and female to be a bit awkward and could have been integrated better into the story.Overall, I loved this movie and I would gladly purchase for myself if it makes its way over to the U.S. The music and artwork were stunning, and I thought that the plot was cute too.

fun and a great musical animation go for Un Monstre a Paris. I find it the fifth best animated movie after Monsters Inc, Up, How to train your dragon and Toy Story franchise.

contrived. However, the way the film is written, ensures that it is all very light-hearted, with a sense of fun, a lot of charm and a big heart at its centre. The characters are still engaging, who doesn't love Franceur, and the voice acting is very dynamic. The humour is nothing absolutely extraordinary, but I was still amused by it. What I did like too were the references to early horror movies, looking at the Monster's disguise you immediately think of the Invisible Man, there are some exciting chase scenes and there is nothing overly-sentimental. There were three things though that stood out. One was the atmosphere, A Monster in Paris has such a lovely and nostalgic feel to it, seeing as that is exactly the feeling I got when I went to Paris I felt the film evoked this very well. It is a very rich film musically, with songs that completely bewitch you with their simplicity and beauty and a score that is enchanting in melody and like the atmosphere gives a sense of nostalgia. And the animation is stunning, the characters are all well-modelled and there is a clean and bright colour palette but the stars were the city landmarks, which I loved spotting, and the period setting. Overall, a very good film, not completely perfect, but better than the rating it's got at the moment and one of the more pleasant animated films of the year. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Vanessa who is a pretty good singer and actress. The songs are pretty good, the other singer pretty famous in France, too add some poetry to the thing, but the music is not too much. There is no singing for no reason like in the Disney cartoons. The rendering of Paris, during the great flood of 1910 true story in very well done and the atmosphere is beautiful. There are a few situation jokes ; you don't explode with laughter but it's funny and you can see that the writers prepared them carefully the thief joke, for instance . Plus, in the french version, there a plenty of little allusions and puns that are really fun. All in all, a very enjoyable experience for kids or adults.

their relations to their way of life. This movie is more about our human nature than it is about monsters, truly remarkable accomplishment.When you think you're watching a simply kid's movie you're actually watching a multi-layered work of art and art is what truly excels at this one!The movie truly shines in the art and visual styles, as much as it shines in the music department.If there is something worth mentioning about it's negative side is that there's not enough music in the movie, the "monster" which is a music artist really was asking for a lot more presence on scene showing his talents, rather than running away from people but, this is the way movie is developed and it is for a reason.A monster in Paris reflects our inner fears with what we perceived as "different" and how each one behaves in the presence of something different, some people will try to take advantage of the situation for personal gain and some will put their prejudices aside and show their unconditional love.Ultimately, this movie is adorable, the only thing I would change is the last pursuit scene, it's too long for my taste but it's not easily predictable and that accounts for the superb tension that it's created, hopefully the movie ends in a right note.This nice animated movie will surely touch your heart and is a remarkable work of art with a sense of justice and a lot of courage to show exactly how humans behave and what kind of traits we have in our hearts. A movie about values, friendship, music, art and with much heart in it.Once again, the rest of the world shows Hollywood that movies CAN be made with a nice script and characters we care for instead of bombarding our senses with FX, FX and more FX.A sure bet to all the family, 8 out of 10.