Ballerina (2016)
Life's greatest adventures begin with a single leap.
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Ballerina rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.8/10· 26K votes
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic48%
TMDb7.208/10· 2K votesWith 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 48/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Ballerina
In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Cast of Ballerina
Elle Fanning
as Felicie (voice)
Dane DeHaan
as Victor (voice)
Nat Wolff
as Victor (US version)
Carly Rae Jepsen
as Odette (voice)
Maddie Ziegler
as Camille Le Haut (voice)
Mel Brooks
as Luteau (US version)
Julie Khaner
as Regine Le Haut (voice)
Terrence Scammell
as Merante / Postman (voice)
Joe Sheridan
as Director of Opera (voice)
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Tamir Kapelian
as Rudolph / Mathurin (voice)
Elana Dunkelman
as Dora / Rosita (voice)
Kate McKinnon
as Regine / Mother Superior / Felicie's Mother (US version)
Ballerina facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $109.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Ballet animation showcases artistic beauty with graceful choreography
- •Steampunk Paris setting creates visually inventive world-building
- •Coming-of-age narrative resonates with aspiring performer audiences
What the audience disliked
- •Plot follows predictable underdog success formula without surprises
- •Animation quality inconsistent between character and background work
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