Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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5
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3
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The Hollywood ReporterMegan LehmannDec 19, 2012
The world's most famous acrobatic troupe delivers a feast of surreal beauty and moments of breath-catching wonder in the skilfully staged 3D film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away. Read full review
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VarietyRob NelsonDec 19, 2012
A bona fide high-wire act, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away delivers towering thrills through its candy-colored 3D ode to the titular outfit's astounding acrobatics. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDec 19, 2012
The ravishing and kitschy Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is the rare movie whose title serves as an accurate indicator of whether you will enjoy seeing it. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJan 30, 2013
It's all quite lovely, mesmerizing – and right on the edge of sleep-inducing. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartDec 20, 2012
In a movie season - and a month - filled with so much gunfire, bloodshed and human despair, it's refreshing to sit back and bask in the sheer joy with which these brightly costumed, stunningly agile performers navigate fire, water and air. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyDec 20, 2012
At its best, Worlds Away is a parade of mostly attractive acrobats performing physically improbable feats. At its worst, it has the humorlessness of Ridley Scott plumbing the deeper meanings of an Esther Williams water ballet. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeLoren KingDec 20, 2012
It's better to see it on the stage... a moderately enjoyable film that lacks the awe-inspiring visual and aural aplomb of Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil's live shows. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldHoward CohenDec 20, 2012
The technically well-made movie simply can't replicate the live experience of a Cirque show, and at just over 90 minutes, Worlds Away still feels long. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 20, 2012
While the bodies of the performers do amazing things, the hectic editing and frequent use of slow motion distract from their physical artistry rather than enhance it. The 3-D, on the other hand, gives some sense of the scale of a Cirque du Soleil performance, and even if the film is no substitute for the real thing, it is at least an effective advertisement. Read full review
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Washington PostMichael O'SullivanDec 20, 2012
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away has plenty of eye candy... What the movie lacks, unfortunately, is coherence. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenDec 20, 2012
If one is interested in seeing a Cirque du Soleil show, there are many to choose from. "Worlds Away" functions solely as some sort of bargain sampler platter appetizer, never proving it has a real reason of its own to exist. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJan 2, 2013
Fine to look at, but good luck feeling anything. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsMiriam BaleDec 20, 2012
The real stunner of Worlds Away is how it could afford to use so many Beatles songs. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundDec 20, 2012
The movie is something of a compositional nightmare, worlds away, one might say, from the artistry so associated with Cirque. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 20, 2012
The film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away highlights both the strains of the franchise and the willingness to promote the brand at any cost - including a coherent narrative. It's a big promo reel, and not a carefully disguised one. Read full review
20
The GuardianStuart HeritageFeb 3, 2013
A tedious, misjudged marriage of Olympic opening ceremony, Eurovision half-time show and most recorded nightmares, Worlds Away is set in a mysterious land of make-believe. Read full review
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