A Monster in Paris

When one of our staff writers reviewed a theatrical pre-release of “A Monster in Paris” over a year ago we certainly were looking forward to this film’s domestic release. Certainly the film was met with a mediocre reaction and almost vanished from cinemas overnight, but the movie did have a charm and beauty of it’s own that now a year later I was hoping that my 5yr old daughter would appreciate with it’s release on Blu-ray/DVD. Out this week is “A Monster in Paris“an animated film about a wacky inventor, his camera-crazy best friend and a madcap monkey who make a massive mistake when let loose in a mad scientist’s laboratory. With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the troublesome trio accidentally creates Franc, the product of a reaction between a common flea and one of the scientist’s mystery concoctions. What they fail to realize, however, is that this ‘monster’ is actually a soft-centered soul with an astounding talent for music. With the help of an enchanting nightclub singer Lucille, Franc becomes the talk of the town, just as stories of Paris’s newest monster attract the attention of the egotistical police commissioner, hell bent on securing a big prize to help his battle to become mayor. The unwitting scientists and the singer must team up to protect Franc, a monster with more than a musical career to protect! Read ahead for our review and check out the details about the home video release.