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Mia and the Migoo(Mia et le Migou)

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France, Italy · 2008
1h 31m
Director Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Starring Dany Boon, Garance Lagraa, Charlie Girerd, Laurent Gamelon
Genre Animation, Family

After having a premonition that her father is in trouble, eight-year old Mia says her farewell at her mother's grave and embarks on a perilous, magic-infused journey across the mountains and the jungles to search for him. She reaches a tropical paradise threatened by the development of a massive hotel resort and must rely on giant spirits called the Migoo to save both the land and her father.

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Boxoffice Magazine by

The look is appealing, but the dark third act and heavy themes may alienate family audiences.

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Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall

Director Jacques-Remy Girerd often divides the frame into three vertical bands, each with a different color signature; this dynamic technique makes the eventual introduction of explosive action sequences seem like overkill.

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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Alternately ambitious and simplistic, lively and bland, the French-produced adventure Mia and the Migoo never fully pinpoints its intended audience or many ecological messages.

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The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Trying to parse meaning in "Mia" is secondary to its main point, which is its look, created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames. That's impressive in an age in which most mainstream animation is done with computers.

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Village Voice by Nick Schager

Regrettably, both the condemnation of capitalist avarice and violence and the sanctification of nature and youthful innocence are dramatized only in simplistic black-and-white terms.

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Variety by Ronnie Scheib

Mia and the Migoo boasts a handsome, folkloric look that is often undermined by a ham-handed script.

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Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy

It's lovely, truly, but so heavy-handed and slipshod that it's probably best enjoyed with the sound off -- an option they're not likely to offer at the movie theater.

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