"April & the Extraordinary World", An Excellent Steampunk Animation On Netflix

Steve K

Still finding good stuff on NetFlix, like a great steampunk animation "April & The Extraordinary World"  (2015, 7.3 @ IMDB)  I'm a big fan of steampunk, and they do it big time here, plus A-List voice acting (Paul Giamatti, J.K. Simmons, Susan Sarandon, ... )  

"Absolutely one of the most imaginative and altogether wonderful animated films I’ve had the pleasure to watch, this French import imagines an alternate reality in which electricity was never discovered and the world continued to rely on coal, and then charcoal, to provide steam-based energy ...  plenty of room in this wonderfully written and extremely intelligent animated film to comment on love, loss, rampant militarism, and, zut alors!, giant talking lizards. Francophobes be warned: You miss out on this and you miss out on something entirely, amazingly original and jaw-droppingly entertaining. C’est magnifique!"  (Austin Chronicle)