![]() ![]() The French/Belgian film, an Oscar nominee for best animated feature, is based on a book series by Gabrielle Vincent. She leads him to a candy store, then scampers off with a "Bon Appetit!" Then she offers him a tastier alternative - a meal of chocolates and marshmallows. They're full of flu, typhus, hepatitis and cholera." Do you think a little mouse will fill you up? Besides, eating out of garbage bins is unhealthy. As he's about to chow down on Celestine (who he finds sleeping in a garbage can) she stops him, with only her quick wits. ![]() He busks on the streets, singing in plazas about his abiding hunger. She meets Ernest, an ursine troubadour who lives on society's fringes. When Celestine, a spunky little mouse, questions why bears and mice can't be pals, she's excoriated by the matron of her strict orphanage.īut, in an unlikely turn of events, Celestine manages just that. Boundaries are clearly delineated: a mouse's world is underground and bears live above. Bold little mice are tasked with retrieving them and delivering them to mouse dentists.Īt the same time, tiny rodents grow up with off-putting tales of the Big Bad Bear as the ultimate bogeyman. It's also decidedly offbeat with an emphasis on animal dentistry.īear teeth are a prized commodity in Ernest & Celestine's world. The Tooth Mice bring to Julie, taking a risk from her vicious pet cat Leo, but Julie provides the tooth for them.Watch Video: Exclusive scene: 'Ernest & Celestine'Ī beautifully crafted animated charmer, Ernest & Celestine (***1/2 out of four rated PG expanding Friday nationwide) is a sweet-natured tale of an unlikely friendship between a burly bear and a plucky mouse. The Tooth Mice go to the 60th floor of a sky scraper to bring Charles a clockwork bird, running into Roland Rat on the way. The Tooth Mice bring Audrey a comb, but have trouble retrieving the tooth as Audrey's pet cat shows up. Gisele does not return from her tooth exchange job, so Arthur delivers to Emily her bell doll and rescues Gisele from a cage.Īs the Tooth Mice deliver a leaf book to Sandree, Marad the Buzzard captures Gisele, but Gisele soothes her to sleep with the book. The Tooth Mice bring an absent-minded Jonathan a secret diary and in the process get the tooth mouse teacher her job back.Īs the Tooth Mice try to deliver a whistle for Fabian, it is taken by Ronald Rat, but Arthur helps them recover it. The Tooth Mice pick a rare bluebell flower for Sophie, almost getting caught by an owl, but rescued by Arthur. The Tooth Mice venture in a flood to give Vincent a special flashing candle, with help from stray cat Rammy. ![]() The Tooth Mice procure a goose feather to substitute a feather pen for a fountain pen specially for Anna. The Tooth Mice deliver to Fabienne a small pair of scissors, Arthur causing them trouble on the way. The Tooth Mice deliver to an eskimo sleighbells for his dog sled, aided by the clumsy reindeer Romuald. The Tooth Mice are sent in bad weather to deliver toothbrushes to twins with bad teeth.
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