Overview
- The 30th Pixar feature, directed by Daniel Chong and running 1h45, opened in French cinemas on 4 March.
- Set in Beaverton, the story follows Mabel using a university lab’s consciousness-transfer tech to oppose a highway project through a green site.
- Critics highlight an ecological throughline, lively humor and polished animation, with Le Parisien and Sud Ouest hailing it as a strong family outing.
- Dissenting views judge the film derivative, pointing to overt Avatar echoes and a broader sense of déjà vu.
- Producer Nicole Paradis Grindle describes a six-year effort by about 400 artists across 35 characters, and Le Journal du Dimanche reports Meryl Streep voices a butterfly in the original version.