A Town Called Panic

Name: A Town Called Panic
Genre: Animation
Released: December 16, 2009
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 70

2009

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: December 16, 2009

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 trioPanic 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

Director: Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar

Genre(s): Animation

Runtime: 75 min

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Peter Brunette

There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

A sparkly little gem. Read full review

Roger Ebert

I enjoyed this film so much I'm sorry to report it was finally too much of a muchness. You can only eat so much cake. Read full review

Staff (Not credited)

If you've ever seen anything like A Town Called Panic, you either made it yourself or you dreamed it. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

An animated feature that revels in its low-tech wackiness. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Aimed directly at your inner 8-year-old, and it strikes home. Read full review

Cliff Doerksen

Maybe the self-consciously stoopid humor works better in microbursts, but at 75 minutes it's a total drag. Read full review

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4DFilms

Jan 5, 2012

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/

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oDjento

Jan 4, 2015

Absolutely love this movie, stylish, classy and greatly humorous. The animation style is great and almost adds to the comedy. The characters are memorable and unique each in their own way. The film is full of surreal hilarity that runs all the way through the movie. The film doesn't have toAbsolutely love this movie, stylish, classy and greatly humorous. The animation style is great and almost adds to the comedy. The characters are memorable and unique each in their own way. The film is full of surreal hilarity that runs all the way through the movie. The film doesn't have to make sense and it knows that, it just has to be a silly animated comedy. Would love to see a sequel to this! Even though it is a foreign language it is still easy to watch with most friends.
And also, your stoner mates will love this, trust me.… Expand

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raco2046

Oct 4, 2010

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 soIt 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

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