Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 12/29/2006(USA
Release Date: 05/15/2007
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Weinstein Company
On the heels of his first foray into
romantic comedy, versatile French filmmaker
Luc Besson breaks new ground yet again with this computer-animated, family-friendly adaptation of his own
children's book
Arthur and the Minimoys.
Arthur is a wide-eyed ten-year-old whose vivid imagination is fueled by the colorful bedtime stories his grandmother reads to him each night. His dreams are filled with images of African tribes and the remarkable inventions detailed in the enigmatic book that his grandfather left behind after mysteriously disappearing four years ago.
Arthur and his family are in danger of losing their home to an unscrupulous real-estate developer, but if there is any truth to the tales of a treasure hidden deep beneath their garden and the tiny, fairy-like creatures that his grandmother so frequently sketches, there may still be hope of saving their home before it's too late. Now, with nothing to guide him but the clues left behind by his grandfather,
Arthur will set out to find the mythical world of Seven Kingdoms, where the Minimoys are said to dwell, and ensure that his troubled family always has a place to call home. An imaginative
children's fantasy in the vein of
J.M. Barrie's
Peter Pan,
Arthur and the Invisibles features the voices of
David Bowie,
Snoop Dogg,
Madonna,
Mia Farrow, and
Freddie Highmore.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
