Mood Indigo

Drafthouse Films | Release Date: July 18, 2014

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Ratings

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walkabout_88Apr 29, 2015

Burdened by its own ambitions, it’s ultimately collapsed by the obsessive search of quirk in visual style. The stop motion overcooks to the point of being redundant, whilst the desaturation process ends up looking emotionless: aBurdened by its own ambitions, it’s ultimately collapsed by the obsessive search of quirk in visual style. The stop motion overcooks to the point of being redundant, whilst the desaturation process ends up looking emotionless: a digitally-shot, post-processed exercise. It works better as a collection of scenes than as the sum of its parts.… Expand

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DawdlingPoetNov 22, 2021

I really enjoyed this film for its surreal aspects. Its very much a surreal French film. There is quite a lot of music and the characters are pretty quirky and animated, in terms of their actions, not in terms of being actual cartoons ofI really enjoyed this film for its surreal aspects. Its very much a surreal French film. There is quite a lot of music and the characters are pretty quirky and animated, in terms of their actions, not in terms of being actual cartoons of course. I would say its an animated film but people would assume that means CGI or painted imagery, which this doesn't. It's hard to describe what it is - a sort of cardboard/live form of animation. It's quite bizarre and so I suppose it won't appeal to everyone but I thought it was pretty entertaining and if I had to suggest another film that's at all similar in terms of the type of animation used, I'd say perhaps Anomalisa, only this film features real actors in person.

It's a very imaginative plot and Audrey Tautou does a great job as the girlfriend, Chloe. This is a film that you have to see to (try to?) understand. It struck me as being a bit like a sort of mythical or fairy tale dream of a film, of sorts. I think its similar to other films the director (Michel Gondry) has done before and its fair to say that his work is somewhat of an acquired taste. It certainly makes for a nice piece of escapism, if nothing else!.

It may be viewed as a bit indulgent by some but personally I enjoyed the vast majority of the journey it took me on, so if it sounds good to you, then I'd recommend it, certainly.… Expand

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