This film is directed by Sylvain Chomet, who has been nominated twice previously. First for a short film The Old Lady and the Pigeons in 1999, and then for the feature film, The Triplets of Belleville in 2004. The film is foreign, but the subtitles consist of "hello," "thank you," and other nods and gestures. I don't think there were really more than a dozen lines that needed translation, and you could watch it without that if you wanted.
The film is about an aging magician who finds his profession becoming increasingly less popular. He loses his gigs to rock bands and is forced into more demeaning performances at weddings and in bars off of the stage. He meets a young girl, and takes her on an adventure.
The reality is that this film is slow, and you have to expect that from a film with no real dialogue. When you can get yourself prepared for that it really isn't that bad. The run time is a little over an hour and fifteen minutes so it isn't a big time suck, although that amount of time feels like two hours here. The story was intriguing for the first 30-45 minutes but I was bored at the end. The animation styling was fantastic, but I wanted something a little more memorable. I would suggest this one with reservations.
Vote: 7/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775489/
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