Microbe et Gasoil

A nice story about two boys who construct their own unusual vehicle to criss-cross France. It is a pity that their dialogues are boring and that Michel Gondry wasn’t able to show off more. It seems to me that for him is was quite ordinary. (23.10.2020)

The most sober and civil Gondra, yet one soon gets the impression that sometimes it's a bit about nothing. The old familiar scandal of his films - the inability to keep control of its ideas during the feature runtime – but this is really not the case here mainly because there are not many of them in the film. Microbe & Gasoline is a slightly nostalgic sigh over unstoppably disappearing childhood, it feels like a nice experience, and sometimes it even touches upon something substantial, but the result is even more fleeting than adolescence... (26.05.2016)

If I were still in school, I would appreciate this pleasant road movie much more than now, when I am approaching 50. I can vividly imagine how thrilled I would be by the occasionally dramatic journey of two teenage boys revolving around a garden shed. The problem I see primarily is that it ultimately becomes the main asset of the film, while all the plot diversions sort of fizzle out, and despite occasional humor, it becomes quite boring. The ending is quite good, though. (30.04.2020)