Supporting actors: Gilles
Lellouche
Directed by: Luc
Besson
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Release year: 2010
Studio: Europacorp
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for some violence,
language, brief sensuality and rude humor
The name Luc
Besson has always been synonymous with great action, whether as a director,
writer or even just producer. Although he has continued to attach his name to
solid action movies as producer, the upcoming action comedy, The Family, will be Besson’s first time
directing a Hollywood film in some time. Odder
yet are the films which have occupied his time most recently. From 2006’s Arthur and the Invisibles came two
additional films in the franchise based on popular children’s books. In 2010 he
also made this wonderful French family film, which plays somewhat like a quirky
French Indiana Jones.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adéle
Blanc-sec is a fantasy-infused adventure set in the early part of the 20th
century with a female author protagonist who is an early feminist icon. Hoping
to find a way to save her comatose sister, Adéle (Louise Bourgoin) seeks out
the strange Professor Espérandieu (jacky Nercessian) who has found a way to
reanimate a dinosaur egg. Hoping that by reanimating the mummified doctor from
an Egyptian tomb she will find the answers to saving her sister, Adéle must
face numerous obstacles along the way.
The DVD features
include a dubbed version of the dialogue, so as to spare younger children the
task of reading the speedy French dialogue. The dubbing is good, and
appropriately silly at times with the film’s lighthearted fare. There is also
the original French tracks for the purists and multilingual. The special
features include a making-of featurette, as well as interviews with the cast
and a featurette about the music. There are also a few deleted scenes.
Entertainment Value:
8/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 7/10
Historical
Significance: 6/10
Disc Features: 7/10
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