Arriving on DVD tomorrow from Shout! Factory is the computer-animated film, titled Jack and The Cuckoo-Clock Heart. The film is
directed by Marthias Malzieu and Stephane Berla. Bonus Features
include "The Characters" and "From Book To Animation."
The film is based on the illustrated novel, The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart, by director Marthias Malzieu. The French-animated film was supposed to be released in 2012 but was delayed due to the bankruptcy of the animation studio, Duran Duboi. The film premiered at the Arras Film Festival in 2013, followed by a release in France in early 2014 and a select release in U.S. theaters and VOD this last month. The film received a mixed reaction from critics but was praised for its animation style.
The film is centered on Jack, who was born on the coldest day in Edinburgh in the year 1874. It was so cold that Jack was born with a frozen heart, but he was saved by the midwife Madeleine, who replaces his heart with a cuckoo-clock. She gives him three rules to live by.
"He must never touch the hands of the clock. He must master his anger. He must never, ever fall in love."
Jack grew up mostly in isolation from the world, well, until he begged Madeleine to take him into town. This is where he first meets a young street performer, Miss Acacia, who instantly captures his heart, but she quickly disappears. Eventually, Madeleine allows Jack to attend school, so he can try to live a normal life, but a fellow student bullies him.
After an accident occurs, Jack has no other choice, but to flee the home that he has always known. Before long he befriends Georges Méliès, who helps Jack track down the lovely Acacia who stole his heart. Acacia is now working at an amusement park called the Extraordinarium. Jack quickly gets a job there as a "scarer" in an attempt of winning Acacia's heart.
I'm a big fan of Tim Burton's animated classics (Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie) and at first glance, this film looks like another Burton animation, but it is actually directed by Marthias Malzieu and Stephane Berla using computer animation that resemblers stop-motion animation. The plot is really weird with a boy with a cuckoo-clock for a heart who joins a freakshow (well an amusement park) to be close to his one and only love, Acacia. The film was made in France, so the English dubbed voices are a little out of place at times. The songs throughout are strange, but catchy at the same time. The plot is a little dark for children, so I'm a little confused about who the target audience is. Overall, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a beautifully animated film, but it suffers from a cliched plot. Despite its flaws, I still recommend the film.
The film is based on the illustrated novel, The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart, by director Marthias Malzieu. The French-animated film was supposed to be released in 2012 but was delayed due to the bankruptcy of the animation studio, Duran Duboi. The film premiered at the Arras Film Festival in 2013, followed by a release in France in early 2014 and a select release in U.S. theaters and VOD this last month. The film received a mixed reaction from critics but was praised for its animation style.
The film is centered on Jack, who was born on the coldest day in Edinburgh in the year 1874. It was so cold that Jack was born with a frozen heart, but he was saved by the midwife Madeleine, who replaces his heart with a cuckoo-clock. She gives him three rules to live by.
"He must never touch the hands of the clock. He must master his anger. He must never, ever fall in love."
Jack grew up mostly in isolation from the world, well, until he begged Madeleine to take him into town. This is where he first meets a young street performer, Miss Acacia, who instantly captures his heart, but she quickly disappears. Eventually, Madeleine allows Jack to attend school, so he can try to live a normal life, but a fellow student bullies him.
After an accident occurs, Jack has no other choice, but to flee the home that he has always known. Before long he befriends Georges Méliès, who helps Jack track down the lovely Acacia who stole his heart. Acacia is now working at an amusement park called the Extraordinarium. Jack quickly gets a job there as a "scarer" in an attempt of winning Acacia's heart.
I'm a big fan of Tim Burton's animated classics (Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie) and at first glance, this film looks like another Burton animation, but it is actually directed by Marthias Malzieu and Stephane Berla using computer animation that resemblers stop-motion animation. The plot is really weird with a boy with a cuckoo-clock for a heart who joins a freakshow (well an amusement park) to be close to his one and only love, Acacia. The film was made in France, so the English dubbed voices are a little out of place at times. The songs throughout are strange, but catchy at the same time. The plot is a little dark for children, so I'm a little confused about who the target audience is. Overall, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a beautifully animated film, but it suffers from a cliched plot. Despite its flaws, I still recommend the film.
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