Jeunet's latest is a very good movie.
There is a lot to like in here, especially for fans of his style.
It's beautiful to look at, it's bursting with clever ideas in the way it's filmed, the actors are all excellent, with a very diverse cast involving the old guard (Dussolier, Marielle), Jeunet's usual (Dominique Pinon, for example) and newcomers.
Jeunet's film also have a very specific atmosphere which I find has a lot of charm.
And it's funny.
So it's an extremely well crafted movie, perfectly enjoyable.
There's a small hitch though.
It's strange, but although I did enjoy it very much, somehow, I expected more from the maker of City Of Lost CHildren, Delicatessen & Amelie Poulain...
It's something that says that Jeunet's been freewheeling here and that, should he have pushed just a bit more (the script maybe?), we'd have had something much much more substantial.
The self references (to Delicatessen & itself), for example, are funny yet they seem a bit too easy...
It's a weird feeling.
But in the end, it didn't spoil it for me, as a "minor" Jeunet is still miles away from the usual standard... :)
I just hope he'll get the chance to do something "bigger" next time.
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