Animated adventure follows ambitious young orphan Félicie (Elle Fanning) on her journey to Paris to fulfill her dreams of becoming...
Animated adventure follows ambitious young orphan Félicie (Elle Fanning) on her journey to Paris to fulfill her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina.
1879, Paris: Félicie is a young orphan from Brittany with one passion: dance. She and her best friend and aspiring inventor Victor (Dane DeHaan) devise a madcap plan to escape the orphanage for Paris. Félicie will have to fight like never before to make her wildest dream come true: becoming a prima ballerina at the Paris Opera.
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"The animation earns brownie points for its digital recreation of 1880s Paree. The rest, alas, is pretty pointe-less."
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Total Film
Total Film"This serviceable French-Canadian digimation cleaves to the post-Cowell definition of the word "journey": its heroine is a redheaded dreamer (voiced by Elle Fanning) who flees her orphanage to blag a spot at the fin de siècle Paris Opera."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"It's exciting, beautiful to watch and ends in a manner that leaves hope for just about everyone."
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The Australian
The Australian"It is a holiday film for everybody -- girls, boys and adults, no matter how jaded their taste for "family fare"."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"Ballerina has its flaws, and it certainly won't get the buzz of Moana. But it is a sweet film with its heart in the right place..."
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Stuff
Stuff"Ballet is all about making the body achieve amazing feats seemingly effortlessly, and the animation replicates that with often sublime effect."
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Daily Telegraph
Daily TelegraphBallerina (Leap!) | Details
- Rating
- U, mild threat
- Runtime
- 89
- Genre
- Adventure, Kids & Family
- Country of origin
- France, Canada
