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good back-story, and good acting

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Superbly inventive animation movie devoted to the lunatic adventures of three old-fashioned toy figurines. The figurines are 1) a horse called Horse, 2) an indian (or native American) called Indian and 3) a cowboy called Cowboy. This may sound simple to the point of idiocy, but beware : the movie is far from simple, it is a riotous concatenation of visual and/or verbal puns, jokes, spoofs, tableaux vivants, Freudian slips, tricks, echoes and "anything goes" nonsense. Indeed, the movie is so clever that some of the jokes only become evident after a second or third viewing. Note, by the way, that not everything is sweetness and light in the "Panique" universe : some of the ideas are so sharp that you could cut marble with them.By now you may have guessed that the movie has Belgian roots. (It's something in the water. Why else would we drink all that beer ?) The movie is so long, and so abundant, that it's best not to watch it in one sitting, in the same way that it's best not to go through a bowl of nachos and a plate of vodka martinis on your lonesome. If you're technically able to do so, create intermissions and watch "Panique" in short episodes.If you like the movie, watch out for "The Christmas log", which has earned more laurels and praise than Caesar.

It's not the worst film I've ever seen. It's just incredibly annoying. The voice acting is grating (Do you get it? He shouts all the time!). The plot is non-existent. The animation is terrible, though that's obviously the intention. With research, I've found that I'm in the minority. Even Roger Ebert gave this 3.5/4, though I can't see why. A few gags got chuckles out of me, like the "cordless" phones and Horse (not) playing the piano, so I gave it one more star than I would otherwise.Maybe it's because I'm American, maybe I just don't get it, maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time, but it's just not for me.

"A Town Called Panic" was a good movie.I wasn't expecting a lot out of this movie; I saw clips of it on a YouTube video, and decided to check it out. And that was a good idea! "Panic" was pretty crazy and wacky, and didn't take itself seriously, and because it didn't take itself seriously, it succeeded. There are many movies that are just stupid comedies, but a lot don't really compare to "Panic". It just embodies the "in-your-face" kind of comedy, and its pretty funny!With characters that are all over the place, and settings that come out of nowhere, "A Town Called Panic" was just refreshing to watch.

Inspired by a review from a completely baffled critic, I endeavoured to seek out Panique au Village, a stop-motion animated film based upon a Belgian television series. Having gained a reputation as completely mental, it's something I was eager to see.On the morning of Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian have forgotten to get him a present. Deciding against yet another hat, they order some bricks to build him a barbecue. The accidental ordering of fifty million bricks rather than fifty sets off a chain of events which take the trio through a farm, an underwater realm, and an arctic environment.The first few moments of Panique au Village's opening titles are displayed in traditional animation, the colourful images of a postman riding through a rural setting rather pleasing to the eye. This creates the false impression of a traditional children's animation; an impression which could not be further from the reality. Panique au Village is neither traditional, nor much in the way of a children's film. It is more an animation for the child inside; the restrained fantasist which dwells within us all, eager to burst out and unleash a wild wave of creativity. The first minutes of the film introduce its abounding absurdity and proud silliness, introducing us to its manic character (of whom, perhaps bizarrely, Horse is the only normal one). Indian pours from a three spouted teapot contraption, Cowboy re-dresses whilst still standing in a shower full of water, Horse sits cross legged and reads the morning papers. The pure level of unadulterated madness which unfolds with each passing minute is almost as hilarious as the dialogue between these characters. The smallest details of plot are bafflingly strange, Horse for example being asked to collect the animals of the trio's farmer neighbour from music school, where he decides to enroll in order to experience the presence of the sexy mare who teaches the class. Every second is completely mental, the entirety of the narrative seeming to have been made up on the spot. It is delightful beyond description to observe the adventures as Cowboy, Indian, and Horse traverse a variety of landscapes in pursuit of essentially inexplicable monster alien fish type things. I can't recall a single minute wherein I wasn't reduced to tearful laughter, whether through the comedy of situation or of speech. It's hard whilst watching not to be so distracted by the non-stop humour as to forget how beautiful the animation itself is. Hours innumerable and unfathomable must have went into creating a world so deliciously rich and decadently characterised as this. Its style is as erratic as its narrative, and just about as impressive too. Compelling, transcendent, and captivating, the film is escapist paradise in the most wonderful way possible, transporting you into a fantastic land you wish with more hope than you care to invest was real. The running time—a tad short, but so too would infinity be—passes by lamentably fast, returning you with the closing credits to the real world: a world you've by now forgotten ever existed.Instantly endearing and incredibly fun, Panique au Village is one of the most unique, individual, inspired, and incredible animations I have ever had the utter pleasure of enjoying. Fewer films have been as unendingly mad and as interminably entertaining as this, nor as inventively impressive with their animation.