#34 - A Town Called Panic (2009)
A Town Called Panic is a riotously funny Belgian kids movie based on the TV show of the same name. It's made with toys, crudely stop-motion animated, and it's basically 75 minutes of non-stop ridiculousness.
Cowboy and Indian live in a house on a hill with their friend Horse. At the bottom of the hill is a Policeman, and on the opposite hill is a farm, with an angry farmer and his pleasant wife and a menagerie of animals. Cowboy and Indian are basically frenetic ten-year olds, and Horse seems to be the adult of the house. As the film starts, it's Horse's birthday, and Cowboy and Indian didn't buy him anything. So they go to order 50 bricks to build him a barbecue, but they end up buying 50 million. As a result, their house gets destroyed, and they end up on an odyssey involving the center of the earth, seamonsters, and an alternate version of their little village. Oh, and piano lessons. Can't forget those.
It's insane, and hyperactive, and the 75 minutes flies by like the blink of an eye. The film is very charming, and even despite the trouble they cause, you can tell that Cowboy and Indian really just want Horse to be happy. Despite the limitations of the stop motion animation, it's really fun and goofy, and definitely worth your time. It's a great film for both you and your kids, as there are some good jokes that the kids won't get, but you'll enjoy.
Cowboy and Indian live in a house on a hill with their friend Horse. At the bottom of the hill is a Policeman, and on the opposite hill is a farm, with an angry farmer and his pleasant wife and a menagerie of animals. Cowboy and Indian are basically frenetic ten-year olds, and Horse seems to be the adult of the house. As the film starts, it's Horse's birthday, and Cowboy and Indian didn't buy him anything. So they go to order 50 bricks to build him a barbecue, but they end up buying 50 million. As a result, their house gets destroyed, and they end up on an odyssey involving the center of the earth, seamonsters, and an alternate version of their little village. Oh, and piano lessons. Can't forget those.
It's insane, and hyperactive, and the 75 minutes flies by like the blink of an eye. The film is very charming, and even despite the trouble they cause, you can tell that Cowboy and Indian really just want Horse to be happy. Despite the limitations of the stop motion animation, it's really fun and goofy, and definitely worth your time. It's a great film for both you and your kids, as there are some good jokes that the kids won't get, but you'll enjoy.