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A Town Called Panic
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70 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Summary: Panic stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to gift Horse with a homemade barbecue backfires when they accidentally buy 50 million bricks. Whoops! This sets off a perilously wacky chain of events as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe of pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures. Each speedy character is voiced—and animated—as if they are filled with laughing gas. With panic a permanent feature of life in this paper-mâché burg, will Horse and his equine paramour—flame-tressed music teacher Madame Longray—ever find a quiet moment alone? A sort of Gallic Monty Python crossed with Art Clokey on acid, A Town Called Panic is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y! (Zeitgeist)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    100
    There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    50
    The animation itself is superb, and the filmmakers long ago mastered the dreamy, stream-of-consciousness narrative tropes that work so well with stop-motion, but even with all that going for it, A Town Called Panic feels more like some exotic animated curiosity than a film to return to again and again.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Cliff Doerksen
    30
    Maybe the self-consciously stoopid humor works better in microbursts, but at 75 minutes it's a total drag.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. 4DFilms
    10
    A Town Called Panic is both homage to the art of stop motion animation and a satisfying animation that caters to adult tastes. There is a good review of Panic here: http://4thdimensionfilms.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/panic-in-the-streets/… Expand
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  2. raco2046
    8
    It is panicky in the best of ways. Indeed the animation is quite different from American-sanitized frame by frame. Even better, there are subplots that make this a film for grownups to enjoy with kids. It resembles much some dream outing you designed while in Kindergarden. This is so familiar, it has everything for your enjoyment.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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