![]() ![]() Getafix dominates the running time, yet undergoes no further development as a character. However, from there it descends into a frustratingly patchy, irritatingly hyperactive, mostly directionless episodic scramble. To be fair, it asks questions that may have lurked at the back of many a young mind while ploughing happily through the Asterix oeuvre: why doesn’t Getafix (Innes) simply give the rest of the Gauls his ultra-energising brew? Why doesn’t he share his recipe? What happens when he dies? These posers form an encouraging starting point, the movie opening with the sprightly druid tumbling from a tree - something druids never do, apparently - and being painfully reminded of his mortality. A frustratingly patchy, irritatingly hyperactive, mostly directionless episodic scramble.
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