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Besson breaks all the rules and doesn’t get away with it.

The Big Blue is pure cinéma du look.

Landry Jones is...expanding his range into a conventional space rather than delivering a refreshingly unconventional take.

While there is absurdity aplenty on display here, the film also requires a very high tolerance for the broadest of humour and the slightest of whimsy.

The film is ludicrous and wonderful. It has genuine eccentric conviction.

Besson proves he can still concoct a roller coaster ride that harnesses special effects to his creativity in a way that proves stimulating, arresting – and great fun.

The only thing of quality is the poster. Its artistic imagination outstrips anything in the movie.

The techniques Besson uses are are simple and easy to understand. They are blended together with finesse.

It is about the counterpointing of the popular with the stuffiness of well respected art, the harsh cold fluorescent light of the Metro station with the more humane darkness of the interconnecting conduits and forgotten spaces.

A film that from its outset immerses you totally in the world of city Alpha, as well as the humans and aliens that throng its crowded streets.