[Movie Review] The City Of Lost Children (1995)

Charming sci-fi/fantasy movie that is almost perfectly executed.

Let's start off with the fact that every character in this movie is brilliantly crafted and an unique person, or scrap the unique person bit because you can find siamese twins and a pack of midget clones from the movie. The premise of the story is that a mad scientist named Krank, who is aging prematurely, kidnaps children in order to steal their dreams. Over the course of the movie the other main characters become apparent: there is a strong and stupid adult named One and a weak and smart kid named Miette, they bond as the movie progresses and it's really cute side to the movie. The scenery is made with utmost care and stylistic sense, it feels like everything shown in the movie is shown for a reason, no filler bits in my eyes. The music and the sound effects do their job as well, but the movie is more about eye candy. There is also darkness in the movie's color palette, but the little violence that is shown is nothing graphic. You will be hooked until the ending credits start rolling in, for the movie sucks you into the magical and technological world that has elements from across the board, in fact the only thing missing from the movie is certain "greater intensity". I can wholeheartedly recommend this wonderfully bizarre and captivating ride for anyone and encourage them to go ahead and see it with their own eyes.

I'll give this movie a superior 9+/10