Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

"Animation is not only for children. It is also for adults who are on drugs." — Paul McCartneyAnimated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy headed (and dishonest!) creatures live.Absurdists at heart, Belgian animators Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar have spent two decades perfecting their hilariously antic brand of fantastic, faux-naïve humor.

This is intentionally low tech animation of a high order.A series of absurd, barely connected story-lines shapes this visit to a high energy stop-motion animation world, where the characters all move around just fine, thank you, regardless of the fact that they mostly have plastic bases to which their feet are welded. There's something of old, silent film slapstick here, along with a Monty Python sense of the humor of weirdness. On the other hand, I found it a bit hit and miss. There were certainly many sections that I found entertaining and wonderful, but there were some lulls as well. Some who are familiar with the film's origins (a series of 5-10 minute shorts made for Belgian TV) felt it played better in smaller doses, and I can see that. But still, this is a very inventive, fun, one-of-a-kind film, and that's always to be embraced and applauded.

I've seen some wildly funny animated movies before but I have no doubt that this one tops them all. A very noticeable new addition to my local library's shelf,I decided to give it a look last night. I can honestly say it takes a really funny film in the animated genre,to make me laugh over 90% of the time. A toy horse who owns his own home,has his own PC and automobile and lives with two very irresponsible roommates,a toy cowboy and an Indian. They turn "Horse's" world upside down when they decide to build Horse a brick barbecue for his birthday. They go online to order the 50 bricks they need and accidentally end up ordering 50,000,000! From this point,nothing but unbelievably hilarious insanity takes place. Not just with these three but their neighbors as well. I wont give away to much but that one mistake leads the rest of the residents into a world of chaos and confusion. The stop action is done very well here and the story reminds me of those writing projects they'd give us in school as kids. It seems like something one would make up as they go along,until they come up with a finale not expected. I didn't have any problem that it was in French and even without sub-titles,I'd have still found it funny. I recommend this for people ages 12 and up.There's some mildly bad language and scenes at a party of some of the guests getting drunk and a little violent,but it's PG violence at best. The rest is completely watchable. 10 out of 10 from me and let me say if you don't like sub-titles,don't panic.....just learn to speak French or just try to follow along. {END}

Like many who have reviewed this film I sat down with low expectations, and like others I did think at the start that the animation was lacking, but after a few minutes I really did get it. I found this to be a wonderful film, and as it has been said by others here I do agree that it is totally insane, funny, and charming.It is like the filmed imagination of a child playing with these plastic figurines and objects around the house, and the crazy and extreme adventures that they would see these toys having. There is a lot of screaming, actually it is pretty much all screaming, which again is like a 6 year old's Super Sugar Crisp fueled afternoon play romp.This is a Belgian film with subtitles, but if there were an English language version of this I am sure that it could be a kid's classic in the US too.