Family adventure from visually frenetic French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie), directing this English-language adaptation of Reif Larsen’s debut novel. A...
Family adventure from visually frenetic French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie), directing this English-language adaptation of Reif Larsen’s debut novel. A 12-year-old genius secretly leaves his family ranch in Montana to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute, where they have mistaken him for an adult. Co-stars Helena Bonham Carter.
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78 %50 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
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"In a satisfying confluence of source material and director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings his signature abundance to bear on [this] richly stuffed adventure."
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Variety
Variety"With more whimsy than a Wes Anderson wedding - and a clunky third act that potholes the plot - Jeunet's American comeback is beautiful, heart-warming and a bit of a mess."
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Total Film
Total Film"Like one of its animated 3D asides, the film jumps out at you, twiddles around and then folds itself away into nowhere. It’s all pop-up, no book."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"The two adjectives in the title should be replaced with "annoying" and "unendurably tiresome"."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Despite its flaws... [this is an] amusing, poignant and visually stunning take on a child prodigy’s attempts to understand his weird family and the even weirder wider world."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"For all it boasts in ingenious style, this genial American yarn lacks the delicious bile of Jenuet’s early days."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Details
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama
- Country of origin
- France, Canada
