Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)

This film was terribly done. I'm glad I got it from the library and didn't have to pay $19.59 at Amazon to throw it into the garbage. I nearly turned the show off because of how scary and stupid it was. In fact, I could've watched Monsters, Inc. instead to get my 30 minutes back despite that Monsters Inc. is longer than this crap. The character voices are the same as the show, so there's nothing to worry about them, but the new actors they added for the new characters such as Lauren Bacall. I've always thought that Andrea Libman did a good job with Madeline, but I didn't like the other voice actress. She sounds gay with the other one and not french accent. Okay, on with the storyline.The plot is a continuation to the ended series where Madeline talks to her friends about the truth of her family. Then, Miss Clavel walks to the door and comes up with her uncle, then she has to go live with HIM. Soon, he reveals himself as a villain and locks the little girl up in a chamber with a bunch of other girls who have to work on hair laces with projects. She soon makes a new friend and a woman villain gets mad at her and separates her by putting her in a small little chamber.Now, the plot I've just written just scared me even though I'm a 17 yr ole teenage boy. The person who wrote it probably doesn't know how children feel when they are locked up in a dungeon. Did they get this idea from Oliver Twist? The Princess Bride? Well, those were good movies because they were unique. Madeline is based off of a popular collection of children's' books that Ludwig Bemelmans used to write back in the 30s' and those books were supposed to be childlike and kid-friendly, but no, this writer wants to abuse Madeline and make it not kid-friendly. It's too scary for younger children and it's too boring for even the older viewers.Avoid this Madeline and watch the 1998 live action version or the series. They are both good while the live-action version is somewhat mean but childlike with a sense of humor and somewhat educational while the show is very educational with kid-friendly adventures and a childlike sense of humor, but Lost in Paris is tended to scare children so please do not watch this.

As a fond lover of the TV series I was intrigued by how this would turn out. Madeline:Lost in Paris is not bad, but also not too great. It is well animated, with lovely Parisian backgrounds and colourful drawings. The characters especially Madeline and Miss Clavel are appealing, and Madame Lacroque is a convincing enough villainess. Also the voice acting from Christopher Plummer, Lauren Bacall, Jason Alexander, Andrea Libman and Stevie Vallance is absolutely top-notch, particularly Bacall who seems to be having a ball with this film. However, some of the story is rushed, and the songs with some rather over-simplistic lyrics are forgettable at best. And maybe I am alone in this notion but the film did have some disappointingly bland dialogue. On the whole though, this is not bad. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Madeline: Lost in Paris, Eh? First off, Its for kids aged 4-8, maybe 9. I had this when i was little, and i watched it today because i wuz bored. I wuz alone, though. I have just finished watching it, and i must say, its a little boring, but, well, its for kids age 4-9, so, what can i expect? The songs were a little catchy, (in an annoying way) So anyway, it shows about 5 new songs, one sining about familys, another for the grown ups entertainment done by the girls etc. So anyway, if you have little kids aged 4-8, i'd suggest this movie. If you cant find it on the shelfs or in a bargain bin for 5 bucks, i'd go on E-bay or Amazon. So yeah, thats about it.

Is this movie represented by the band called Lost in Paris out of Philadelphia at www. lost in Paris band. com (no spaces)I was curious because I do not think there is a very close connection, but perhaps one of the band members is somehow related to the director of the film. In fact I believe I did hear one of the members saying something about that, and that is how they came up with the name. Perhaps they were trying to promote familiarity with the movie title in artistic circles.Still it seems a very remote possibility as the music performed is not original, but rather cover songs