One of my greatest cinematic experiences. For me, cinema has always been about imagination, and I just love movies that send you a positive message about how imagination can set you free.
I saw this at an art-house here in Chicago in 1996 and was beyond overjoyed at the characters and the story. Dingy, dirty, and yet so wonderfully shot.
Sorry but copying Gilliam's style and Fellini's La Strada doesn't make your movie great. I dig the style but the movie was boring and Ron was really bad.
Visually beautiful movie. Great acting.
Weakest film from the lovely duo directors, but the spirit,the imagination and the beautiful colours are there.The film has pace and scenario problems but it's still a trip.
I stopped watching after 12 mins as I had no flipping idea what the hell this stupid french film was about. Nice to see a young Ron Perlman, but that is the only good thing I saw.
As in Amelie and Delicatessen, Jeunet is interested in the complex connections between things, even as small as a flea. The film is not so much about a story as it is about illustrating how the characters got where they are, often with a fast- paced sequence of events like a Rube Goldberg device.
I sought out this film after seeing another film from the same production team that made the wonderful DELICATESSEN. However, while I adored DELICATESSEN and gave it a very high score, I wasn't nearly as impressed by CITY OF LOST CHILDREN--mostly because this film seemed to emphasize set design and weirdness, while plot seemed almost unimportant.
As bizarre and visually-stunning as any movie ever made, The City of Lost Children is a strange tale of clones, kidnapping, a steampunk religious cult, thieving children, and Siamese twins.The story revolves around a man trying to steal children's dreams and a circus performer trying to rescue a young boy.