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This is a great piece of fun, a morally uncomplicated little tale with a fun, occasionally beautiful aesthetic.
The moral black and whites of the plot are fine now and again, this film really is like Mouse-Trap or even Home Alone in that. Further elements are, to its credit, there, with the camaraderie and occasionally melancholy, insincere whimsy of our lost boys and girls characters.
The main theme of this film though is the kind of clicking-into-place capering, the shuttling about of mechcanics and tinkering. It is all very neat, very satisfying, and rather funny. This is also in the plot; not realistic obviously, but a nice little mechanical device, sweet and neat.
Perhaps the pace could be rather more even, but generally the director, Jeunet ('Amelie') does a fine job in keeping us gripped. The sharp colours and the beautiful smoke in the background of the rooftop scenes also add an old-fashioned, back to the 1950's, look that we like.
A fun little film, sweet and a smooth. French whimsy which isn't annoying, recommended.