Phantom Boy
Overview
An 11-year-old boy (voice of Gaspard Gagnol) undergoing treatment for cancer discovers that he has the ability to leave his hospitalized body and float around New York City as a spirit. With the help of an injured policeman (Edouard Baer) and a journalist (Audrey Tautou), he uses his powers to take down a criminal mastermind who's planning to cripple the metropolis with a computer virus. PHANTOM BOY was directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, whose previous work, 2010's A CAT IN PARIS, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Details
- Format: Blu-ray (With DVD, Ultraviolet Digital Copy, Digital Copy, Slipsleeve/Digsleeve Packaging, Snap Case)
- UPC: 025192379093
- Genre: CARTOONS & ANIMATION
- Rating: PG (MPAA)
- Release Date: November 2016
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[O]nce again the filmmakers bring a design sense and a set of storytelling influences unlike anything happening in feature-length cartoons today." -- Grade: B - 07/13/2016 A.V. Club
3 stars out of 4 -- "[B]eautiful and original, extremely funny, and sometimes very moving." - 07/15/2016 RogerEbert.com
"The film’s visual design is a sometimes winning mix of styles, most clearly inspired by those of Picasso and the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan." - 07/14/2016 New York Times
"PHANTOM BOY by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gangol is a modest, engaging film that reminds viewers of the intimate pleasures of drawn animation in an era of CG blockbusters." - 07/21/2016 Los Angeles Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] terrifically entertaining fantasy adventure that doubles up as a superhero origin myth." - 10/20/2016 The Guardian
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