Les Triplettes de Belleville

Released 2003
Animated
Directed by Sylvain Chomet

In this innovative animated tale, Champion is a lonely boy who's adopted by his grandmother, Madame Souza. Seeing how happy Champion is on his bicycle, she decides to train him to compete. Years later, he enters the Tour de France but is kidnapped during the race. With Champion's dog Bruno, Madame Souza sets out to save him and meets three odd women called "The Triplets of Belleville." Can her new friends and Bruno's nose help her find Champion?

Summary from www.netflix.com

I enjoy many types of animation, but I'm not a big fan of the grotesque. I don't mind it, though, depending on the story. Unfortunately, this movie had no dialogue, and that I do mind. It had a couple of fun musical moments, but I was bored without some good dialogue. I would have settled for bad dialogue. --Bill Alward, May 24, 2004