Panik in der Pampa - Der Film

Probably the craziest and most hectic animated film I have ever seen, it won’t let you catch your breath for a minute… (12.08.2010)

Sofern dieser Film surreal ist, so ist auch die kindliche Vorstellungskraft surreal. Geben Sie einem schelmischen Jugendlichen die entsprechenden Figürchen in die Hand, und er wird sich ohnehin eine ebenso abgefahrene rindsviehhohle Sache ausdenken. Man mische noch die Erfahrung eines Erwachsenen mit Brack-Sujets hinzu und schon haben wir Panik in der Pampa - Der Film, d.h. so etwas wie Wallace & Gromit auf leichten Drogen, mitsamt einem Touch an verrrückter South Park Kinetik. Eine unheimlich angenehme Regression und Reinigung. (21.11.2009)

I do not share the general enthusiasm for this feature film, even though it is undoubtedly original, but it is also a film that would stand out much more as a series of short films. Such a series apparently exists and I gladly give it my attention once I get a chance to see it. A Town Called Panic is built on the sheer craziness of its characters and plot, where one wonders what the screenwriter and artists were thinking before creating something like this. But as I mentioned before, a feature film needs something more than just disrespect for established rules and great imagination. Overall impression: 55%. (12.08.2011)

It takes a lot of courage to build an entire film on clumsily moving characters, but as you can see, you can still have a great time. The 65 minutes are packed with so many casual and crazy ideas that they had me remembering my early childhood several times, back when I used to play with stiff Indians and cowboys. The story doesn't make much sense, but it's so brisk and properly crazy that it won me over after ten minutes and kept me pleasantly entertained for the next hour, making me feel like when I was young and played alone. And from now on I want to have a horse as a pet! (31.05.2012)