Monsieur Pointu

Directors: André Leduc & Bernard Longpré
Release date: 1974
Rating: ★
Review:

Monsieur Pointu is a clown played by Paul Cormier, who also provides the short’s fiddle soundtrack. The clown tries to play the fiddle, but this turns out harder than it seems.

‘Monsieur Pointu’ consists of general clown routines, exaggerated and augmented by animation. André Leduc’s and Bernard Longpré’s pixilation animation is quite impressive, although the black screen also helps with all the tricks.

Unfortunately, their command of pixilation is much better than their comic timing, and literally none of the antics is funny. In fact, the action is very tiresome, and with its twelve minutes the short overstays its welcome extensively, especially if you don’t like clowns anyway, like me.

Watch ‘Monsieur Pointu’ yourself and tell me what you think:

‘Monsieur Pointu’ is available on the DVD ‘Best of the Best – Especially for Kids!’