April and the Extraordinary World
GKIDS | Release Date: March 25, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 24, 2016
Influences aside, the movie so teems with delightful detail and has such an exuberant sense of play that it feels entirely fresh. Read full review
100
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 22, 2016
Here, within a thrilling tale that respects the intelligence of its audience, attentive parents will find the antidote to their fear that watching cartoons might rot your brain. If anything, April and the Extraordinary World seems bound to do the opposite, encouraging children to pursue their own passions and creativity. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 22, 2016
This movie offers the kind of effortless Euro-adventure, full and fleet, that Steven Spielberg tried and mostly failed to deliver with his big-screen The Adventures Of Tintin. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 31, 2016
This is one grand adventure, and, animated or not, those are always welcome. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovApr 6, 2016
You miss out on this and you miss out on something entirely, amazingly original and jaw-droppingly entertaining. C’est magnifique! Read full review
88
The VergeTasha RobinsonApr 26, 2016
It's a rousing, thrilling adventure, beautifully animated in rich, deep hues with a look that meets neatly between the flow of hand-drawn cels and the smoothness of digital animation. But it's also a powerfully emotional piece, about family and friendship, about betrayal and disappointment, and about first love and old enmities. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniApr 15, 2016
The animated French family film April and the Extraordinary World will have your imagination doing somersaults and cartwheels. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 7, 2016
A delightfully deranged steampunk adventure. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 25, 2016
It feels somewhat clichéd to call an animated adventure film a “delight,” but it’s the best word for the latest from GKids, April and the Extraordinary World, a joyful, accomplished movie that echoes “The City of Lost Children,” “The Adventures of Tintin,” “Metropolis,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and something unique into a, well, delightful piece of work. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKimber MyersMar 25, 2016
There is plenty to marvel at in Tardi’s darker, alternate universe Paris, one that’s best watched with open minds and mouths agape at the incredible visual and storytelling imagination on display. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakMar 24, 2016
Nothing occurs that isn’t meticulously exacting to the story’s trajectory whether it’s seemingly throwaway characters or expert deflections of truth where the pieces are supplied but the underlying machinations are still out of reach. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 14, 2016
April and the Extraordinary World is a visual delight, an animated French steampunk adventure that is smart, exciting and wonderfully weird. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyMar 22, 2016
An all-too-rare example of steampunk done right — which also acknowledges that, however pretty such industrial imagery might seem from afar, actually living in such a world would be kind of horrible. Read full review
75
Washington PostStephanie MerryApr 7, 2016
In truth, the story is practically beside the point with all the spectacular visuals. The steampunk aesthetic might be overdone, but there’s still a lot here worth marveling at. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovMar 22, 2016
The film provocatively has audiences see the world's current ecological concerns in a different and unexpected light. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 22, 2016
It’s only when the story heads to pure sci-fi territory later on that April stretches itself a bit thin, though a smart epilogue manages to put things in perspective for both the characters and viewer. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 7, 2016
If you needed that explanation, April and the Extraordinary World might not be for you. If you’re a steampunk fan, by all means go. Just don’t expect a classic. Read full review
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