Release date: 27 January 2012

Running time: 90 mins

Director: Bibo Bergeron

Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Bob Balaban, Adam Goldberg, Matthew Geczy, Jay Harrington, Danny Huston, Sean Lennon

Delightful 3D animation about a monster's love for a nightclub singer in 1910 Paris.

Ever since he was a child, Raoul (Adam Goldberg) has been in love with the beautiful Lucille (Vanessa Paradis), star of a stylish Montmartre cabaret. But one day, while delivering supplies to an eccentric scientist and his monkey assistant, Raoul manages to cause a laboratory accident that unleashes a monster. Photographed by his pal Emile (Jay Harrington), this turns out to be a giant flea! Although he's a fearsome looking beast, the monster has a beautiful singing voice (supplied by Sean Lennon). When Lucille hears this, she takes him in and disguises the now smitten flea, whom she names Francoeur. But nasty city official Prefet Maynott (Danny Huston) is determined to hunt down the monster. 'Shark Tale' director Bibo Bergeron returned to his native France to make this exquisite animated fable, which is already a huge box office hit across the Channel.

Screenwriter: Bibo Bergeron, Stephane Kazandjian

You should see it because: It's lively, funny and superbly animated, with beautiful 3D period Parisian cityscapes.

See it if you liked: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Ratatouille (2007), The Illusionist (2010)