April and the Extraordinary World


2015 French cartoon

Rating: 14/20

Plot: In an alternate reality of 20th Century Paris, a girl looks for her missing parents and grandfather who, like a lot of scientists, have been kidnapped by lizard people.

The world-building, this imagining of a steampunk Paris with talking cats but no real technological advancements past the turn of the century, is much more impressive than the storytelling here. The story and the action get a little too goofy although I did like the characters and at least one theme that I pulled out of this.

I wish this felt a little more French. Is that a valid criticism?

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