'Viva Carmen' Review: Animated Adaptation of Bizet's Opera Takes a Family-Friendly Approach at Annecy

My first reaction when I heard of a new animated feature film adaptation of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera, Carmen, was that despite the animated form it was taking, this had to be for adult and fans of opera.

This is animated for a key reason, an attempt by director Sébastien Laudenbach to appeal to younger viewers, as well as adults, to take this well-worn tale and reinvent it from the perpective of a child's eye.

Fusing with wildly varying and alive colors and 'toonful moments, Viva Carmen is anything