If you’re the owner of a primary school age child and a Netflix subscription, you’re probably already familiar with Ladybug & Cat Noir, the animated French series about a teenage girl who saves Paris as her alter ego, the superhero Ladybug. Now comes this straight-to-Netflix movie, released in France simply as Miraculous, le Film (proof that in French everything, even kids TV, sounds better). Its target audience is four to 10-year-olds, but the unusually high quotient of teen romance here might put you off watching with little ones – though to be fair, it’s drippy rather than racy.
Cristina Vee Valenzuela voices Marinette, the awkward school klutz who is completely lacking in confidence until one night, a wise old man gives her a “miraculous” – a shiny jewel that bestows her with superpowers. At the same time, her high school crush Adrien becomes Cat Noir. The two teenage heroes must work together to save the French capital; though neither of them has a clue about the other’s true identity.
