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The Prodigies: Cannes Review

10:27 AM PDT 5/12/2011 by Jordan Mintzer

Animated French thriller about traumatized child geniuses and their deadly mind-control games is definitely not for kids.

An intensely dark and violent addition to the recent slew of 3D animation flicks, French thriller The Prodigies will need to harness all of its superpowers to draw crowds to this Warner Bros. France summer release. Closer to R-rated anime than to family-friendly Pixar, this frenzied action tale, about traumatized child geniuses and their deadly mind-control games, may find that rape, suicide, shootouts and decapitation is better suited for ancillary than for a Sunday matinee.

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