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Capsule summary: “Micmacs”
‘Micmacs’
French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is known for his unusual imagery, his big-screen pastiche of intricate devices and fanciful imaginings.
His latest offering, “Micmacs,” has plenty of these images, and it’s easy to wish that the action would stop and let you study everything in the frame: the robots pieced together from scrap metal; the crazy-looking electronics. In short, the director of such amusing confections as “Delicatessen” and “Amelie” manages to create beautiful worlds from things that most people throw away.
Americans, especially, will be reminded of the creative influences of comedians Buster Keaton, Red Skelton and Carol Burnett, whose deep humanism permeates “Micmacs.” The movie follws the advetures of the gentle Bazil, who has a bullet lodged in his head after a drive-by shooting. Losing his job because of his injuries, Bazil is adopted by a ragtag group of outcasts who live in a junkyard. But Bazil eventually discovers the weapons maker responsible for the bullet in his head, as well as a nearby arms dealer that made the bomb that killed his father in Northern Africa.
So Bazil recruits his new friends to wreak havoc on the industrial behemoths. It’s a classic tale of David vs. Goliath, with interesting characters and fantastical situations. Dany Boon stars as Bazil.
Screening: 6:45 p.m. Saturday March 13, Paramount
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