Leap!
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: August 25, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 24, 2017
Overall it’s a lovely and refreshingly breezy adventure with an adorably plucky lead, an infectious soundtrack and arresting visuals. Read full review
63
Washington PostSusan WloszczynaAug 24, 2017
Anyone who’s ever dreamed of tutus, tights and toe shoes will likely get a kick out of Leap! Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittAug 23, 2017
For the cinematic dregs of late August, the earnest and quirky Leap! is charmingly en pointe. Read full review
60
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiAug 23, 2017
Leap! remains peppy as it sets its bar at a low-to-medium height then cheerfully clears it. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 30, 2017
An unabashed wish-fulfilment fantasy that sweetly checks off every conceivable follow-your-heart cliché. Read full review
57
IGNJosh LasserAug 24, 2017
As heartwarming as the story in Leap! can sometimes be, and as strong as the relationship is between Félicie and Odette, her actions can make it difficult to cheer for her as wholeheartedly as the film intends. Read full review
55
TheWrapRobert AbeleAug 24, 2017
No matter how much directors Eric Warin and Eric Summer (who wrote the story with Laurent Zeitoun) try to distract with dumb comedy — usually involving the annoying Victor — or cartoony action...the relationship between Félicie and Odette is a warm, heart-tugging one. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubAug 24, 2017
Leap! is the kind of movie where if you see someone holding a stack of dishes, they will certainly break in the name of a lazy comedic moment. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 24, 2017
Though the distressingly large lollipop heads of the characters are often disconcerting, some of the animation is striking and near photorealistic. At times though it seems all of the resources have been put into the background environment instead of the characters. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoAug 24, 2017
As an orphan who dreams of joining the Paris Opera Ballet in the animated feature Leap!, Elle Fanning really hears it about the artistry and precision required to become a prima ballerina. The makers of this cheery but subpar confection probably should have been taking notes in addition to scripting them. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 21, 2017
It’s not a leap to call “Leap!” perfectly watchable, if entirely too dull for the very young — especially the hyper-active. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonAug 20, 2017
The film’s careful attention to detail in the animation is continuously undermined by a formulaic plot and anxious pandering to contemporary sensibilities. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAug 24, 2017
Rather than inspiring some kind of connection between disparate eras, Leap! uses pop music as a quick fix for kids who might be bored by ballet or orphans. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAug 30, 2017
The well-chosen voice cast helps make this a fairly engaging tale, even though the film is riddled with a wealth of head-scratching anachronistic errors. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczAug 22, 2017
All three screenwriters either forgot or didn’t care that their heroine is 11. Even worse is when Félicie ends up dancing on tables in a bar — as in, a bar — “Coyote Ugly”-style. What? It’s not easy to take a message about taking leaps of faith from a movie that too often has two left feet. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAug 24, 2017
Co-directors Éric Summer and Éric Warin and their collaborators seem determined to crush the life out of an original premise and many promising characters by stealing every available page out of a substandard American studio animated feature’s playbook. Read full review
37
Paste MagazineDaniel SchindelAug 31, 2017
The filmmakers behind Leap! seemingly can’t picture a children’s movie without a cavalcade of unnecessary action scenes and fart jokes—and not good fart jokes at that. The result is a movie allegedly about ballet with weirdly few scenes featuring actual dancing. Read full review
33
IndieWireJude DryAug 26, 2017
The movie is weighed down by too many secondary characters, which only serve to dissipate their flickering charms. No one in the film, even our heroine, gets more than a hint of backstory as the single-minded plot careens toward its predictable conclusion. Read full review
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