The latest film from Luc Besson is Amelie meets Indiana Jones that gets away with it's own ridiculous storyline on account of being very charming and exciting. The story is set in Paris 1911, when a Pterodactyl hatches in a museum and begins terrorising the town, clueless detective Caponi (lellouche) seeks the connection between the Jurassic tyrant, a mad old professor (Nercessian) and reporter Adele Blanc-Sec (Lousie Bourgoin) who's also on the pursuit of locating ancient artifacts for a personal mission. Luc Besson is a big comic book fan and has done a great job of bringing Jacques Tardi's Adele Blanc-Sec serials to the big screen. Besson adapted two of Tardi's serials (Adele Et la Bete and Momies En Folie), it's a great, fun ride with a plucky and determined lead (Bourgoin) who has a sense of a modern spirit in a picturesque pre world war setting where the ladies wear big hats and even bigger dresses.
Adele is fearless and a proper heroine who isn't interested in love, appearances or anything that doesn't benefit her adventures. She is played wonderfully by Louise Bourgoin, giving a refreshing performance which holds the film together. Louise has brilliant comic timing, delivering great one-liners and looking gorgeous throughout. The rest of the actors are all fine, giving fairly straight performances through playful set pieces which include a scene with a guillotine and the kidnapping of the President's dog. This is the sort of film that will appeal to people of all ages and is so imaginative that it's hard to guess what's going to happen next. Besson and his good friend and regular director of photography Thierry Arbogast and production designer Hugues Tissiandier have created a beautiful world set in early 20th century Paris that also has wonderful re-animated dinosaurs (who you actually feel quite sorry for) and mummies. Adele Blanc has something for everyone.
Don't let the subtitles put you off. Adele Blanc is a great film that offers thrills, humour and good acting that's also stunning to look at.
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