When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 20 wins & 41 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's impossible to watch this movie without gasping at its graphics, and yet we're so drawn into Chomet's way of seeing that, after a while, his genius erases the distinction between animation and live action.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
7 Aug 2004
fresh:
Relish the film's deadpan grotesquery, its flair for invention, be it the fanciful narrative segues or various object lessons...
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
A winning blend of dark and bittersweet, aimed more at adults than kiddies, but suitable for all ages.
– Lisa Nesselson,
Variety,
22 Jul 2008
fresh:
Vous guessed it by now: Triplettes is terrific.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
4 Sep 2008
fresh:
Just when Jeffrey Katzenberg had loudly declared the death of 2-D animation, along came this sly, inventively drawn cartoon that blew the cumbrous studio leviathans out of the water.