The tone of this droll, thrillingly odd animated film isn't easy to describe...A tad dark for little kids, this one-of-a-kind movie delivers 80 minutes of idiosyncratic inspiration.

A wonderfully weird bit of French animation that amounts to little but a celebration of its creator's bountiful imagination, yet manages to enthrall because writer-director Sylvain Chomet is such a solid visual storyteller.

It occasionally suffers from longeurs, but it's moving and funny with moments of genius. More of the same, s'il vous plat.

22 years after its original release it remains an absolute delight: in equal measures absurd, charming, strange, and unsettling.