Leap!

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Leap!

PG

2017

1h 29m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Best friends Félicie and Victor hatch a plan to escape from their rural orphanage in 19th-century France. Félicie dreams of becoming a ballerina, while Victor wants to use his brainpower to invent things. After busting out, Félicie makes her way to the Paris Opera where she joins a class of highly trained dancers who are auditioning for the lead in a production of "The Nutcracker."

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Critics Consensus

From its bland story to its unremarkable animation, Leap! does little to distinguish itself from a long list of like-minded -- and superior -- family-friendly alternatives.

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Jude Dry

IndieWire

08/31/2017

D+

Leap! wants to be a grand jeté, but it's stuck in first position.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

08/31/2017

2/5

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.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

08/25/2017

3/4

The anachronistic pop songs actually work quite nicely with the scenes of classical dancing, and will most likely help hold the attention of the little ones.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/13/2020

3.0/4.0

Leap! kept me surrendered from beginning to end with a quiet earnestness and simplicity that was refreshing.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

05/13/2020

There is something charming, visually compelling (especially during the dance numbers), and inspiring about Felicie's journey.

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

08/05/2019

3/5

The animation team spent over two years bringing Paris to life for Leap! and their hard work and dedication pay off with detailed scenes that are very well done.

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Hazel G

@RT80077787 Apr 26

It had some good heart in it but it lacks depth of other movies in its genre like Ratatouille. The dialogue is very stilted and the actors are sometimes unconvincing in line delivery. Animation is fine Plot criticism: There should have been more focus on Victor and Felice as characters before the main plot. When the antagonist asks her who is she in the movie...I genuinely sided with her. I have no idea who Felice was before learning to dance. They didn't answer the question of why she dances because there isn't any. The side characters needed to be fleshed out more. I just finished the movie and I cannot remember the side characters names for the life of me. The villian is functionally the worst part. The daughter suddenly gets a redemption arc out of nowhere with no build up and they don't even focus on the actual villainous evil mother. It might seem like I didn't like the movie but I actually had fun. Definitely that kinda movie that you show to your kids and don't watch yourself

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Liya T

@RT80196039 Sep 20

5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is the most ballet movie animation I ever seen! This is teaching us about ballet, learn from your mistakes, intergrity, discipline,confidence. Fact: Do u know that Maddie zigler was in dance mom show and did ballet,hip hop,jazz, and lyrical.

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Topher N

@RT73029837 Sep 19

Distractingly awful animation. From the character's movements to their facial expressions it's horrendous.

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Lluvia A

@RT77312457 Aug 4

There were some forced plot points and convoluted moments. Also it’s not clear what time period this takes place in.

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Tom K

@RT16107012 03/18/2025

Kids like it, but it's full of wrong messages: - it's OK to steal and defraud - main character is surrounded by simps etc. - it's OK as a 10 yo kid to F of and do your thing Other than that it's pretty vapid.

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Mat C

@RT04728388 01/21/2025

A very heartwarming positive animation film.

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Synopsis

Best friends Félicie and Victor hatch a plan to escape from their rural orphanage in 19th-century France. Félicie dreams of becoming a ballerina, while Victor wants to use his brainpower to invent things. After busting out, Félicie makes her way to the Paris Opera where she joins a class of highly trained dancers who are auditioning for the lead in a production of "The Nutcracker."

Director: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Producer: Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Andre Rouleau, Valérie d'Auteuil
Screenwriter: Carol Noble
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: M6 Films, Gaumont, Quad Productions, Caramel Films, Main Journey
Rating: PG (Some Impolite Humor|Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.8M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)