![]() ![]() He then leads Selenia and her brother, Betameche ( Jimmy Fallon) to find the rubies -and straight into the lair of Maltazar, who is waiting to kill them. But when they are suddenly invaded by the flying mosquito soldiers of The Evil Maltazar ( David Bowie), Arthur retracts the sword and saves the day. Alas, she cannot pull the Arthurian sword from the stone. Selenia is convinced that she is not only the heir to the throne, but also the one who has been designated to save her people. It also transforms him into an animated character that looks like a cross between Billy Idol and Don King.ĭown in the grass, under the ground where the Minimoys live, Arthur meets the Minimoy king ( Robert De Niro) and his daughter, Princess Selenia ( Madonna). The telescope shrinks Arthur, however, to the size of a small insect. He deciphers a strange code, follows the instructions left on the map and, with the help of the African tribe who gave his grandfather the rubies, travels down a telescope into a miniature kingdom of the Minimoys. When a self-serving real estate developer ( Adam LeFevre) threatens to take the farm, Arthur goes on the hunt for his grandfather and the treasure. Fortunately, his grandmother also enjoys regaling Arthur with tales of her husbands’ exploits, especially his travels to the land of the Minimoys, right in their backyard, where he swears to have buried a stash of rubies. He left behind his books and inventions, however, which fascinate Arthur for hours on end. It’s 1960, and Arthur’s grandfather ( Ron Crawford), a faithful engineer who once served the needy in Africa, is gone, having mysteriously disappeared several years ago. Ten-year-old Arthur ( Freddie Highmore, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is spending the summer with his grandmother ( Mia Farrow) on her farm in rural Connecticut, while his parents ( Penny Balfour and Douglas Rand) look for work in the city. Though BessonÆs previous films have been grown-up fare like LA FEMME NIKITA, he brings a sense of childlike awe to this project.Rating: PG (for fantasy action and brief suggestive material)Īctors: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Ron Crawford, Penny Balfour, Douglas Rand, Adam LeFevre, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Emilio Estevez In fact, ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES shares a similar imaginative spirit with the works of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl. Other standouts include Robert De Niro, Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Keitel, and Jason Bateman, while Highmore brings the same wide-eyed wonder to the screen as he did in CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. The film boats an impressive array of talent including Mia Farrow-as ArthurÆs concerned grandmother-and a trio of musicians-turned-actors (Madonna, Snoop Dogg, and Bowie). Joining forces with MadonnaÆs feisty Princess Selenia, Arthur attempts to outwit the dastardly wizard Maltazard (voiced to villainous perfection by David Bowie), and foil his plans to destroy their tiny kingdom. ItÆs at this point that the film shifts gear from live-action to beautifully rendered computer animation. ![]() In them, he wrote of an æinvisibleÆ people no taller than half an inch - a people so small that they are dwarfed by insects! Are these just the fanciful stories of an eccentric old man, or is the truth stranger than fiction? Arthur finds the answer hidden in one of his grandfatherÆs clues and is magically transported to the InvisiblesÆ realm. ![]() The adventure gets underway when 10-year-old Arthur (Freddie Highmore) discovers a set of notebooks belonging to his grandfather who went missing four years ago. The result is as vibrant and enchanting as one might expect from the man who gave us THE FIFTH ELEMENT. Based on his book ARTHUR ET LES MINIMOYS, Luc Besson tries his hand at directing a kidsÆ film for the first time. ![]()
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