Ballerina
(2016)Never give up on your dream!
Animated adventure follows ambitious young orphan Félicie (Elle Fanning) on her journey to Paris to fulfill her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina.... More
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.Hide
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Directed by Eric Summer ('Jamais 2 Sans 3', 'Valentine'), Éric Warin (feature debut)
Starring Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maddie Ziegler, Elana Dunkelman, Kaycie Chase, Shoshana Sperling
Written by Carol Noble, Eric Summer, Laurent Zeitoun
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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. Full Review
The animation earns brownie points for its digital recreation of 1880s Paree. The rest, alas, is pretty pointe-less. Full Review
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... Full Review
It is a holiday film for everybody -- girls, boys and adults, no matter how jaded their taste for "family fare". Full Review
Ballet is all about making the body achieve amazing feats seemingly effortlessly, and the animation replicates that with often sublime effect. Full Review
It's exciting, beautiful to watch and ends in a manner that leaves hope for just about everyone. Full Review
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