The greatest movie ever made..!

That was an excellent one.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Extraordinary!! Uniquely different and fascinating and ever-so enjoyable! A visual feast and a plot that never gets boring! Louise Bourgoin is simply brilliant as Adele Blanc-Sec!

Lara Croft with less bust, more brains; less action, but more wit, charm, and humor (not to mention, a touch of European morbidity, which is much of what makes this film more "adult" than equivalent American productions ). If you're forced to pick, I think it's got to be Adele over Lara for thinking beings. (Just generally, I'd like to add, always go with subtitles instead of dubbing given the choice, since dubbing pretty much always kills the atmosphere.) This is a terrific quirky and "clean" film that adults can enjoy watching without blushing with children in the same room, girls especially, I'm guessing (which I honestly believe is the reality, not mere simple-minded, patriarchal, stereotypical, naive sexism, or whatever other terms radical feminists would excoriate me with). The story is, after all, built around an extremely capable and intellectually sharp female character, and that may reasonably be a very strong draw for many parents looking for role models for their offspring of the gentler sex (there I go again). It's more than just a family-friendly film though, since I'm a guy who typically watches and prefers harsher material. I really enjoyed this change of pace, especially because it appealed to my taste for the weird with it's humorous and original mash-up of stuff from movies like "The Raider's of the Lost Ark" and "The Mummy". Although the plot didn't always flow quite perfectly, that's just minor nitpicking, and there's little chance I'll be having any second thoughts about giving this film top marks given how light, fun, creative, and intelligent it is.

This is one strange movie! Luc Besson directed and wrote this odd film based on a comic book series. As for the film, it DOES have a comic book or movie serial quality about it--with many odd happenings indeed--including a pterodactyl and walking, talking zombie Egyptians!The story is about Adele and her quest to revive an ancient Egyptian doctor. Why? So she can get him to use his skills to revive her somewhat dead sister. I say somewhat because she's sort of in a between state--all of which Adele blames herself for and which motivates her in this action film which seems a bit like an Indiana Jones film with a female lead circa 1912.So is this film any good? Well, it's very watchable--mostly because of its strangeness. As for the special effects, they are amazing but not quite up to Hollywood standards...but still very nice. Not my favorite sort of French film, as I like stories more about real people (and this is about as unreal as you can get!) but still well worth seeing.

adventures. humor. splendid images and perfect choice for the lead role. nice performance and the same Basson. a film who not gives nothing unexpected but confirms a lot. a movie who has flavor of fairy tale and charm of French cinema but who is defined by fine manner to present an original story in a precise manner , using fireworks, interesting cast and few drops of cultural references for better level of entertainment. a show in deep sense, in Luc Besson style, who , after its end, remains charming at whole. a courageous young woman and her fight for noble purpose. one of films who opens a large window to childhood memories.