April and the Extraordinary World

PG

Released Apr 8, 2016

1 hr. 45 min.

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Animation

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59 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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Accompanied by her talking cat (Tony Hale), a teen (Angela Galuppo) embarks on a quest to find her missing parents in 1941 Paris.

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Critics Consensus

Bursting with a colorful imagination befitting its promise-packed title, April and the Extraordinary World offers spectacular delights for animation fans willing to venture off the beaten path.

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Alec B

The plot is disappointingly predictable, relying a lot more on Hollywood clichés than you'd expect. However, the film presents some of the most workable and stunning Steampunk imagery you're likely to find.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Gbor G

The world building in this movie is a joy to watch, but it's pulled down by its dull and unoriginal good-vs-evil theme and lack of character depth.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/01/23

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pigeonheart u

i saw this movie as a kid and fell in love. it's not groundbreaking, but the art is beautiful and the story interesting enough that it keeps you entertained. i think it's just so charming with its awkward protagonists and grey landscapes that you ultimately kind of like it, cause it's really one of a kind.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Existential and weird and then enormously compelling; superb voice performances

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Of its kind, this is almost perfect. Beautifully drawn (sometimes reminiscent of Hergé's Tintin), an engaging story, interesting and varied characters .. and a talking cat. Excellent.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Technology takes a different path and is the main cause for a different world history in APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD. One family designs a serum of interest to the powers that be. One conceit of this animation is that anyone needs the special serum to enhance themselves, since everyone is already pretty robust and can survive great calamity, such as dropping into a pile of coal on their heads. For awhile, I speculated the family had already taken the serum without us seeing it. Overall, the animation is great with its own style. There are a wide range of settings, which are well designed and executed. Color pallet complements the scenery and story. And the story has interesting and imaginative developments, and twists and turns. Mostly this is from the perspective of one family, and any movie could be limited by budget, but the film could've explored world leadership further for a more enriched world.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Christian Desmares

Director

Franck Ekinci

Director

Angela Galuppo

April

Tony Hale

Darwin

Tod Fennell

Julius

Tony Robinow

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As much as April and the Extraordinary World veers around a little too often and gets too self-indulgent with its exposition, the film effectively builds a whole other steampunk-inspired world in which viewers can get lost, gas masks and all.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 9, 2017

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Dmitry Samarov

Chicago Reader

Should appeal to precocious children... Adults may find it as derivative and simplistic as the steampunk aesthetic to which it's indebted, but for a gateway to more resonant cinema and literature, you could do worse.

May 5, 2016

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

April and the Extraordinary World will have your imagination doing somersaults and cartwheels.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 15, 2016

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Josh Slater-Williams

Vague Visages

The extraordinary world of April and the Extraordinary World is no simple one, and it’s welcome that its worldview veers away from the simplistic.

Nov 13, 2023

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Feels fresh and new.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 3, 2021

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

April and the Extraordinary World is a pure delight of wonder and invention.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 2, 2021

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Synopsis

Accompanied by her talking cat (Tony Hale), a teen (Angela Galuppo) embarks on a quest to find her missing parents in 1941 Paris.

Director: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci
Screenwriter: Franck Ekinci, Benjamin Legrand
Rating: PG (Action/Peril Including Gunplay|Some Thematic Elements|Rude Humor)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2016, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $294.3K

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