Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Red Balloon' - nytimes.com/video

bettydaw1970 Says:

Feb 16, 2011 - well i am an atheist..and even i am touched that they bring him to "heavan"

bettydaw1970 Says:

Feb 16, 2011 - ugh this guys opinion is full of 20 dollar words and 2 cent content..btw i wish i could wear grey pajamas all over town too!!!

webdotstudio Says:

Feb 16, 2011 - This is a fantastic film that was very impactful during my very young childhood. One of those memories from the early 80's, when I first saw it, that just "stuck" in my mind with great clarity.

wmlfan9 Says:

Feb 16, 2011 - Watching this movie will make you want to visit Paris!  Beautiful.

micamica1952 Says:

Feb 23, 2011 - very OK

Luckianm Says:

Feb 28, 2011 - :p most likely his untimely death after they pop, or when he starves... but joke aside i remember asking myself the same thing when i saw it as a kid... a better place maybe/hopefully :P I felt strangely anxious watching it again :)

TheDDGamerTrailers Says:

Apr 2, 2011 - wow this movie has extremly good quality for a 50's movie i feel like this is from the 90's instead

Doreen075 Says:

Apr 10, 2011 - Mine too!

Stamatis57 Says:

Apr 14, 2011 - beautiful film that has been brilliantly executed ...

shawnstam Says:

Apr 16, 2011 - I have seen this movie many times in grade school in the 80's

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floundericiousWA Says:

May 31, 2011 - I found this because the comments on Damien Rice's "9 Crimes"official video suggested this was a genesis for the visual themes of that music video...I have to say "absolutely right"

gummybear13362 Says:

Aug 16, 2011 - awwh i saw this movie its tooo cute <3

savvysearch Says:

Sep 1, 2011 - There's something magical about this film that's brings back so memories from my childhood. It's able to evoke a sense of nostalgia more successfully than any other film I can recall.

1randomchikk Says:

Sep 23, 2011 - I remeber seeing this movie in the first grade!!It's such a simple movie which makes it so uniquethe entire movie is based on the little boy and the ballon( which doesn't sound too amusing) but once you do watch it it's such a captivating film....!It's weird ! among my many childhood memories I remember going to see the play of the secret garden and it was just soo amazing! Does anyone know if you could still go watch the play today???ohhh and thanks a bunch albert lamorisse:)

jtl6575 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - had 2 search dis wanted 2 bring bak sum gud memories az a childlol though dis not it

jtl6575 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - & 4 sum reason da bad forces or side (group or gang of kids) r not an individual az 4 da good (da boy) he is jst himself & not sum group or gang.

orsetto81utube Says:

Oct 22, 2011 - Gross misinturpretation. The Balloon is hope, the boy is renewal and innocence. Given the time period that this was made (production being a year earlier) the country was feeling this way, in need of hope, wishing for an innocence long lost by war and rebuilding. This movie is FAR more than this short-sighted and literal critic has said. Perhaps people should know more about the context before offering their views.

orsetto81utube Says:

Oct 22, 2011 - And yes, I am aware that it was made in 1956, so during a time that they were still rebuilding and new wars were being waged.

ReDSoXfrvr1 Says:

Oct 30, 2011 - did the critics pick this to torture us?

redcannon62 Says:

Mar 9, 2012 - I watched this movie so many countles times while in school its not even funny. but it sure beat math.

dooovde Says:

Apr 7, 2012 - Like all art it can be seen in many ways..why limit what others choose to see

Sniper Inferno Says:

May 18, 2012 - o i thought this was a horror movie....