While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.
Micmacs never bores -- Jeunet keeps the pace brisk and the mood ridiculous -- but the movie piles on the whimsy so tirelessly, you eventually start to choke on it.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
1 Jul 2010
fresh:
I suspect this is what the world looks like in Jeunet's head all the time.
– Eric D. Snider,
Film.com,
1 Jul 2010
rotten:
While the parts are quite good, the sum is pretty pedestrian.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
16 Jul 2010
rotten:
Jeunet remains one of the world's most imaginative directors. But Micmacs is a misfire.
– Calvin Wilson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
22 Jul 2010
fresh:
Minor, almost trite, but still worth treasuring if you're not put off by "precious."