OhoMaka A beautiful movie altogether. The characters and the city of Paris look fantastic. The story is somewhat predictable, yes, but that does not take away from the charm of the film. I was also very surprised by how accurately the scene in which Felicie's eyes tear up was animated. Not tears falling down the cheeks but the actual redness of the eyes as they fill up with tears is moving. Another great thing about the movie is it is clearly and completely Felicie's story. There are many side characters but they compliment to the story of Felicie. It would have been a bad decision to add a side story for Viktor or anybody else. Now the focus is on the main character all the time - a brave and excellent decision. On the negatives, the outside action scene at the end is pointless and a bit embarrassing (gladly it's a short one) and the casting of the voices of Felicie and Viktor is not great. I actually preferred the version that was dubbed into my own language. But aside from that, I enjoyed the movie and wanted to spend more time with the characters.

momuse88 I just got done watching this with my daughter. It really is a beautifully animated movie with a strong art direction. The artists clearly did a lot of research into studying how dancers move. I think kids will enjoy it, but if you've been watching movies for any number of years then you have seen this movie hundreds of times already. It's insanely formulaic... the main protagonist grows up in the slums with nothing but a music box and a dream... a string of convenient and preposterous events that take her right to the top, every other character in the movie has little to no character development and are simply there to play the Greek chorus to Felicie's interests and push her along her way. Any time when the writers need to get Felicie from point A to point B they bring it any number of the side characters they have introduced thus far (who apparently have zero life) and magically whisk Felicie away to her destination. There's lots of "Whooooooo"-ing in this film. There's an end sequence I won't spoil her but I'm pretty sure one of the writers said, "It's not necessary to the story, but we haven't used enough kid movie tropes yet so let's make a ridiculous action scene that makes zero sense." I can handle a lot of kid movie stupidity, but my jaw gaped slightly from how over-the-top it is.I also wanted to make a special point to say that the voice acting is really uninspired. There is not attempt at all to bring the audience into the time period or the fact that this takes place in Paris. Imagine your next door neighbor walking up to you and saying, "That suck, bro." And now take that and put it into a movie that takes place during Napoleonic France. To be fair, as a 30 year old man I'm sure I'm not the target audience for this film. If you like dancing, are a kid, don't care about original stories, then I think you'll enjoy this movie.

caseemily So the main girl, Falicie, is 11 and she starts wanting to date some guy who seems like he's older than her by a lot! And I sent some videos of the ballerinas dancing's to my friend who is a ballerina and she says the steps were not correct and not even close to the real thing. This movie was laughable because of how awful it was. It showed a message of lying and cheating is ok and that you'll still achieve your dreams even if you're doing something bad to get it. It also shows that it's ok to ignore and not care about your friends. Felicie ignores Viktor literally every time he talks to her, but he still tries to be friends with her. It's kind of a toxic relationship. This movie was just. Awful. Plus the voice actin was bad. I would give it 0 stars if I could

enhawj-09682 It could just be me, but i don't understand why people liek thsi movie so much. From the miscast voice actors, to the cheesy dialogue and typical plotline, this movie was just plain bad. The characters were flat and boring, starting off with Felicie who had no concern for her friends, and Victor who was just labeled as the possible love interest but was pushed to the side to being made as the "lovable" sidekick with all lf his antics and fart jokes, to the typical mysterious old lady who decides to mentor the young student because they see "potential". And by the way, Rudi, the actual love interest is introduced, and then forgotten for the rest of the movie. There were a lot of unnecessary scenes, and the only thing that was nice and that I liked about this movie was it's gorgeous visuals. Otherwise, the dialogue was terrible and the voice actors were terribly casted ( no disrespect, rather they just didn't fit their roles, save for the director and Rudi ) and the music choices were poor. The plot was terrible, and teaching children that you should do anything - literally anything, even if that means lying and cheating your way into achieving your goals is terrible. Not to mention that this movie also shats on ballet itself. Ballet is a difficult thing to do, and it takes literal years for dancers to earn pointe shoes. A lot don't even get them. How long did it take this young girl who has never had training to get them? A few weeks to months, which by the way, if you are unaware, at the least, a young dancer should be dancing for two years before even attempting pointe. I understand this is a kid's movie, but it should also be realistic if it's going to say to be passionate about your dreams, because quite frankly, passion is great and beautiful, but it won't get you anywehere if you don't have the patience to nurture it.