Ballerina
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.
- Director:
- Eric Summer ('Jamais 2 Sans 3', 'Valentine')Éric Warin (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Carol NobleEric SummerLaurent Zeitoun
- Cast:
- Elle FanningDane DeHaanCarly Rae JepsenMaddie ZieglerElana DunkelmanKaycie ChaseShoshana Sperling
Reviews & comments
Total Film
pressThe animation earns brownie points for its digital recreation of 1880s Paree. The rest, alas, is pretty pointe-less.
The Guardian
pressThis 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.
The Australian
pressIt's exciting, beautiful to watch and ends in a manner that leaves hope for just about everyone.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressIt is a holiday film for everybody -- girls, boys and adults, no matter how jaded their taste for "family fare".
Stuff
pressBallerina 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...
Daily Telegraph
pressBallet is all about making the body achieve amazing feats seemingly effortlessly, and the animation replicates that with often sublime effect.
Total Film
pressThe animation earns brownie points for its digital recreation of 1880s Paree. The rest, alas, is pretty pointe-less.
The Guardian
pressThis 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.
The Australian
pressIt's exciting, beautiful to watch and ends in a manner that leaves hope for just about everyone.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressIt is a holiday film for everybody -- girls, boys and adults, no matter how jaded their taste for "family fare".
Stuff
pressBallerina 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...
Daily Telegraph
pressBallet is all about making the body achieve amazing feats seemingly effortlessly, and the animation replicates that with often sublime effect.
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