C'est avec un froncement de sourcil puissamment dubitatif que je me suis vu conseillé Kung Fu Panda par un ami cinéphile. En mon for intérieur, la remarque inévitable : "Dreamworks continue de courir après Pixar avec douze longueurs de retard". Dupé par une étrange mauvaise réputation pré-sortie, j'ai vu tous mes a priori joyeusement explosés au fil des minutes. Kung Fu Panda se pose, en terme de qualité et de scénario, en digne héritier de Shrek, dont il partage le ton délirant en évitant magistralement tous les poncifs du genre, tous les pièges et toutes les facilités.
Cette quête d'un gros Panda fainéant et bougon pour devenir le grand Dragon-Guerrier offre quelques moments d'anthologie dans les scènes d'action comme dans les gags qui font mouche, le tout porté par une animation sans faille. Sans être un "chef-d'oeuvre", le divertissement honore son contrat : nous foutre la patate et les maxillaires en feu pendant 90 minutes. Mission accomplie.
Jack Black | Po |
Dustin Hoffman | Shifu |
Angelina Jolie | Tigress |
Ian McShane | Tai Lung |
Jackie Chan | Monkey |
Seth Rogen | Mantis |
Lucy Liu | Viper |
David Cross | Crane |
Randall Duk Kim | Oogway |
James Hong | Mr. Ping |
Dan Fogler | Zeng |
Michael Clarke Duncan | Commander Vachir |
Wayne Knight | gang boss |
Kyle Gass | KG Shaw |
JR Reed | JR Shaw |
Laura Kightlinger | Awed Ninja (voice) |
Tanya Haden | Smitten Bunny (voice) |
Stephen Kearin | Gong Pig / Grateful Bunny (voice) |
Mark Osborne | Pig Patron (voice) |
C.K. Horness | Editor |
John Stevenson | Rhino Guard (voice) |
Jeremy Shipp | Blind Gator (voice) |
Melissa Cobb | Bunny Mom (voice) |
Kent Osborne | Pig Fan (voice) |
Emily Robison | Bunny Fan # 1 (voice) |
Emily Burns | Bunny Fan 1 (voice) |
Stephanie Harvey | Bunny Fan #2 (voice) |
Riley Osborne | Baby Tai Lung (voice) |
Erin Torpey | Viper |
John Powell | Composer |
Clare De Chenu | Editor |
Hans Zimmer | Composer |
Yong Duk Jhun | Cinematographer |
Raymond Zibach | Production Designer |
Simon Otto | animation |
Tang Kheng Heng | Art Director |
James Baxter | animation director |
James Beshears | post-production executive |
Claire Williams | color designer |
Mary Bills | Production Manager |
Andrew Birch | post-production manager |
Corrie Coughlin | additional production supervisor |
Rene Harnois Jr. | Production Supervisor |
Jeff Hermann | Production Manager |
April Lawrence | Production Supervisor |
Maude Lewis | Production Supervisor |
Daniela Mazzucato | production supervisor: story |
Susan Slagle Rogers | senior production manager |
Robyn Mesher | Production Supervisor |
Dave Rosenbaum | production supervisor (as David Rosenbaum) |
David Rosenbaum | Production Supervisor |
David Yanover | post-production supervisor |
Patrice Avery | Production Supervisor |
Kelly Asbury | additional storyboard artist |
Damon Bard | sculptor |
Max Boas | visual development artist |
Christopher Brock | visual development artist (as Chris Brock) |
Richard Daskas | visual development artist |
Derek Drymon | additional story artist |
Alfred Gimeno | storyboard artist |
Rodolphe Guenoden | storyboard artist |
Tianyi Han | additional visual development artist |
Bill Kaufmann | visual development artist |
Buck Lewis | character design (as H.B. 'Buck' Lewis) |
Mark Koetsier | storyboard artist |
Robert Koo | storyboard artist |
Christophe Lautrette | visual development artist |
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis | character design |
Caprice Ann Ridgeway | art researcher |
Ritchie Sacilioc | visual development artist |
Christian Schellewald | visual development artist |
Jean-Luc Serrano | additional visual development artist |
Pat Sito | matte painting coordinator |
Henrik Tamm | additional visual development artist |
Michael Bovberg | paint supervisor: Technicolor (uncredited) |
Kathleen Thorson | storyboard artist |
Gary Thomas | storyboard artist (uncredited) |
Rachel Tiep-Daniels | visual development artist |
Spyros Tsiounis | storyboard |
Zhaoping Wei | visual development artist |
Panos Asimenios | dubbing supervisor |
Melchior Zwyer | visual development artist |
Erik Aadahl | Sound Designer |
James Ashwill | foley mixer |
Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Derek Casari | adr engineer |
Blake R. Cornett | Sound Recordist |
John T. Cucci | foley artist |
Simon Ellegaard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Larry Hopkins | layback sound mixer |
Craig Heath | Sound Recordist |
P.K. Hooker | Sound Effects Editor |
Mike Hopkins | adr supervisor |
Jonathan Klein | foley editor |
Roy Latham | original dialogue mixer |
Wayne Lemmer | adr editor |
Cory Mandel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Michael Miller | original dialogue mixer |
Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Morten Folmer Nielsen | adr editor |