" Hollywood studios are buzzing that hand-drawn animation just isn't pulling its weight anymore and that everyone ought to switch over to computer animation. Clearly, that's where the real artistry and money is, or so goes the conventional wisdom... the new The Triplets of Belleville, centers around Madame Souza, a diminutive lady with one foot shorter than the other and a little moustache, cannot figure out what would make her little boy Champion happy.
The film opens with a wondrous, fictional film clip -- complete with scratchy, black-and-white film stock -- of the Triplets in their prime, singing a kind of early 20s surrealistic number in delirious three-part harmony. They can still groove well into their old age -- even though they dine solely on frogs.
The film is in French but contains very little dialogue; it's an almost purely visual experience. Unfortunately, very young children should probably not see it. It contains a few adult images including a topless Josephine Baker look-alike...
A quick trip to Belleville should hopefully shape them up."