Leap! - Nostalgia Critic

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It used to be all over streaming platforms, but was it actually any good? Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on this bizarre ballerina movie. Let's take a look at Leap!.
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Ballerina (titled Leap! in the United States) is a 2016 3D computer-animated musical adventure comedy film co-directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin and written by Summer, Carol Noble and Laurent Zeitoun. A co-production between Canadian and French companies, the film takes place in 1880s France and follows a poor orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and gets a chance to audition for the celebrated school of the Paris Opera Ballet.
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[@Tadicuslegion78]

BILLY MAYS! You must talk about Billy Mays

[@morju2A]

Why did you choose leap?

[@jerricablackcat4303]

Shaving Fun Ken Growing Up Skipper The Match Made in Hell commercial from last year Hess Trucks

[@renababe1]

How about commercials about My Little Pony & Equestria Girls

[@deshawnedwards6412]

SPONGEBOB COMMERCIALS PLEASE!

[@WillcraftAnimations]

I'm weirdly annoyed at the Statue of Liberty already being green even though it's not even finished yet. Being made of copper, it should still be brown at this point. Is that an insignificant detail compared to everything else going on? Probably. But it's such an obvious oversight with such an easy fix that it still bothers me enough to mention.

[@rogue7723]

As Critic pointed out, even _An American Tail_ got _that_ accurate.

[@shortpettite]

I was gonna mention this but checked to see if anyone else noticed lol

[@chasehedges6775]

@@shortpettite 👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯. This movie is soooo bad. Elle Fanning saves it, for the most part.

[@vincenthawthorne9360]

@Spodo bbb Could’ve taken the time to explain it. You know, teach them!

[@averongodoffire8098]

But I don’t get it, they got the Eiffel Tower right so why not Lady liberty?!

[@TslilTapiro]

"he can force exposition like a kingdom hearts game" who could have imagined a day will come when critic will make that joke

[@mas8705]

With the playthrough for Disneycember, it did feel like it was bound to happen sooner or later, but you aren’t wrong.

[@sjahbw]

Ok

[@PikaLink91]

I musta missed that joke.

[@tykamen5588]

Well he's not wrong

[@HB-fq9nn]

I remember when he made a Kingdom Hearts joke in his Freddy vs Jason review.

[@dragonlynx9969]

"You're the first person to show me kindness in this city." "Well yeah, we're French." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Canouboulz]

I'm French and i laughed x)

[@user-ok5jh4nh1t]

I didn't get it. Could somebody please explain?

[@mimicmey]

@@user-ok5jh4nh1t Late reply, but it's referencing the stereotype of French people being rude.

[@user-ok5jh4nh1t]

@@mimicmey i see. Thank you for the explanation

[@mimicmey]

@@user-ok5jh4nh1t no problem :D

[@jabuchananable]

Having the boy be a prince was just as essential to the story as the girl from The Black Cauldron being a princess.

[@GavinLepley]

We’ll, he probably won’t live past 1918…

[@vwgames49]

Critic: “Am I the only one who felt like this movie was everywhere?” Me who has never heard of this movie before: “Probably”

[@TheColdOne]

Literally my same thought (I even wondered what obscure movie this was when I saw the thumbnail).

[@Bighappykitty]

@@TheColdOne I was trying to figure out why Anna from Frozen was taking ballet lessons when I saw the thumbnail. I'm was worried Disney is doing direct-to-home sequels again...

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I heard about it when it came out, but I totally forgot.

[@FoggyBadger]

@@TheColdOne lol Same. When I saw the intro, I thought it was supposed to be a joke parallel universe where the only thing to watch was Leap!, mocking the fact that nobody had heard of it. Then he said that and I was like, "...oh"

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

Thinking back I actually do remeber a bunch of youtube commercials about this movie and once they stopped I kind of immediatly forgot about it. So I do believe him when says that.

[@cohennorman8564]

Wow. I completely forgot this existed. Can’t believe someone finally talked about it.

[@zangoon4546]

Yeah I saw Animat review it a while back but it never was brought up again

[@Mr_Movie_Fan]

I never forgot it. I was hoping Doug would never be tortured by it.

[@cartoonfan495]

It has been talked about before, but you're not wrong about it being forgettable. I have to remind myself I've seen it without watching again

[@sergeantseal8109]

Yo same

[@somethingoriginal4372]

Same lol

[@AforAwesome3604]

I am a ballerina. And even though this movie is for kids I still love how the dancing looks, because it is very accurate! The also have correct ballet term correct, which other dance movies usually get wrong. (And the scene where they are arguing en point with all the sound effects is called bourre 😊)

[@Meimoons]

Wait what correct ballet term?

[@AforAwesome3604]

@@Meimoons I mean the terms in general. Like they use pirouette instead of spin ya know?

[@Thepopcornator]

Okay, how did Doug manage to say 'Odette' so many times and not make a single Swan Princess joke?

[@francisthecreation2707]

bobsheaox

[@sozaj]

@@francisthecreation2707 I was just about to say that Bobsheaux probably has that covered.

[@francisthecreation2707]

@@sozaj yeah he's angry af

[@shinyninja8107]

I’m also surprised he didn’t make any Miraculous Ladybug jokes considering this movie is set in Paris

[@Thepopcornator]

@@francisthecreation2707 I had no idea who bobsheaox was, but I just searched him and this review was the fifth result. XD

[@kingmagnus4009]

“He can force exposition like a Kingdom Hearts game.” ...Well, he’s not wrong...

[@sjahbw]

Ok

[@TehLucario]

As a big fan of those games No he is not.

[@AnimatedTerror]

Oh yeah I forgot that Doug started playing those. Good for him.

[@SirSpoofy]

Honestly now that he’s played them, he can make as much fun of them as he wants. And as a fan of these games, yeah he’s not wrong.

[@fawful94]

Love how all of us have the same reaction regarding his comment. Like someone is about to rage and we're just like: "no, no. He's right".

[@d2cool165]

The prince should've been Camille's boyfriend or brother. It would've made more sense imo because he could've been trying to sabotage her, seeing as how he dragged her from practice.

[@TheGrossDemon]

Man everytime the main girl says "noooo" I lost it. The part where she repeats it but it's entirely lifeless, amazing

[@ManicWolf]

"Am I the only one that felt like this movie was everywhere?" I literally hadn't heard of this movie until you posted this. Or, if I did I guess I didn't pay enough attention to remember seeing anything about it.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

I recall seeing its thumbnail on Netflix and KZbin, but I suppose the fact that it blends in with the other cheap-looking CG animated films on the platform didn't help matters.

[@Dreadjaws]

Same here. I don't know if advertising for it was different in other countries, but I never heard of it before.

[@dragonsword8129]

​@@Dreadjaws I'm in the same country as Doug and I had no idea this movie existed until now.

[@gars129]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 its funny, cheap looking CGI is still relatively good looking now compared to 2006 with stuff like Hoodwinked or Doogal. It's just that Pixar has set the bar so high.

[@RevTim70]

Yep. I never heard of it either

[@jeremyearl5724]

Malcolm threateningly saying “Leap as well” has the same energy as him staring at the Critic for no particular reason.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

This is what heroes do.

[@andrewgifford1007]

question what episode was that one with Malcolm just staring again?

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@andrewgifford1007 Superman Returns.

[@luigipowdemo6458]

I'm-a great at starting... O_O

[@SevenEllen]

"Sing", "Dance", and now "Leap", up next "Sit" and it's upcoming sequel "Read."

[@vegavisions97]

I really hope he eventually reviews “A Monster In Paris”

[@Angthaartist]

OMG YES! I LOVE THAT MOVIE!

[@midnightnavigator]

@@Angthaartist same!

[@apollorock3r244]

I’m surprised that Doug hasn’t realized this is the 2nd time a movie with Elle Fanning has the Nutcracker being part of the plot, the first being the Nutcracker 3D. I was expecting a reference of this movie somewhere in this review. XD

[@geckokid8265]

The less said about the nutcracker 3d the better

[@coolnerdlll6053]

And the award for most random movie the Nostalgia Critic has ever reviewed goes to...Leap! Seriously, how was that even an option?

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

How should I know? I just watch it for the heck of it.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 I'm enjoying the review so far, but how does Doug think it was everywhere and yet I totally forgot it existed?

[@kingsleycy3450]

I am glad he did though. Because I did not see that climax coming.

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

I kind of wish he would review more foriegn movies especially the animated ones. so few youtubers ever review them, but feel their is undiscovered treasure trove of movies to be found like some movies that I am genuinely curious to see how critic would react them like hayop ka or brazialian noah's ark ( better known as el arka de noah) or even the donkey king serously those movies make leap look like a masterpiece.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@kingsleycy3450 I almost choked at the "bad knee" line. That was totally worth it.

[@billyjoecobra2517]

My little sister was obssesed with this movie. It makes her fight for her dream of being a dancer. Don't understimate the power of children's movies.

[@galinageorgieva8554]

That send the wrong message, that it is good to be horrible, lying and rude... etc. Horrible movie. I am sure there are far better examples to feed her.

[@Yami-mugoni613]

@@galinageorgieva8554 I think they got a different message….besides rebeling especially if a dream job is quire normal

[@yorkljorgan987]

There are stranger movies to obsess over. Mine was Mary Martin’s Peter Pan. I even wanted to wear tights. I didn’t care if that was actually a grown woman playing Peter Pan. I was strangely mystified by it. 😂

[@ShadowXemnas13]

"Am I the only one who felt like this movie was everywhere?" Seeing as I literally never knew it was a thing until now, possibly. "...if you went on a website that had anything to do with watching videos or movies, chances are there were ads for it all over the place." And that would be why. Targeted Advertising at work, Critic.

[@shotaaizawa1206]

Leap Girl (not even gonna try and remember he name): * Gets literally thrown off the roof, possibly broke an arm, and definetly landed on her neck, spine up * Also Her: "Tis but a scratch"

[@FlSHEYE]

Felicie

[@graciegj63]

@@FlSHEYE The way everyone says her name sounds like Feces instead of Felicie.

[@gryffen9608]

Hey, if Black Widow can do it a dozen times in one film, why not allow it once in an animated film of questionable quality? It's not like facts actually matter, you know. Next you'll say we need those silly things such as universal letters via an accepted alphabet to actually communicate with each other!

[@MissMadCherry]

It's a flesh wound!

[@BugsyFoga]

Well, this certainly wasn’t a review I was ever expecting, but I’m still open to it.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same.

[@TslilTapiro]

caddicarua: NATHANIEL FOGA

[@wcapewell3089]

Next you know, he's gonna be reviewing puss in boots. And not the shrek version!

[@kaldurskipper6821]

@@wcapewell3089 That is such an obscure movie! It would be sort of fun to see it reviewed by him though. I love that ill-tempered ogre

[@jonasquinn7977]

I know that this is a relatively minor issue but it bugs me that the Statue of Liberty should have been bronze rather than green

[@DrDolan2000]

Which is odd considering this is partially a French production. I guess nobody felt like changing it because they also knew it wasn't really a movie worth watching

[@peter_pansexual6243]

No, the Statue of Liberty was actually built in France between 1875 and 1884. It was dismemberment and shipped to New York City in 1885 and reassembled on Liberty Island in 1886. It was a gift from France to the US and there are even other versions of it in France.

[@aidanredding8058]

He was referring to the color. It was originally brown and then turned green over time. But here it's green from the start.

[@FizzleFX]

I think it is surprisingly fun and I like the ending. The other girl acts like a real person... Admitting she's wrong. Her mom on the other hand was more cartoonish but it was implied she made her daughter do what she never could... Fun movie

[@por22ito]

Yeah, I honestly felt sorry for Camille. She was rude and obnoxious, but it was obvious that she was under constant pressure from her overbearing mother who forced her to dance, and she probably didn't have a very happy life as a result.

[@seigeengine]

@@por22ito "Dance, small slave, or I shall get the sledge!" - spider woman, idk

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Makes since I have sympathy for kids who have parents who force them to do things the kids don’t even like, I don’t now why they do this maybe they try to live through the kids success and game or try to compensate for their own lives

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

I agree.

[@wesleyoldham4222]

"Chickens *were* harmed in the making of this movie. They... didn't even need to be." Like a Zelda game? I mean, you don't *need* to hurt the cuccos, but they *are* there, and you do have a sword. 🤷‍♂️

[@jbcatz5]

And they will get revenge if you attack them. Using them for brief bursts of flight, they don’t mind.

[@lasmirandadennsiewillja9435]

Missed opportunity: after the dumb pee joke towards the end I expected the "It felt kinda nice" clip from Food Fight. But I admit, I liked the movie. Context matters, though. I hadn't seen any advertising so, no expectations. I was in the mood for a Chrstimas-y feel good movie and got sick of the Hallmark love stories with unlikable protagonists and doe-eyed flannel-shirt wearing beardy love interests. So, even fewer expectations. There's only one reason I won't watch it again: Victor. What a horrible brat and love interest. On the one side: a love interest who is full of himself, vain, only wants to hang out because he expects a relationship reward, lies, constantly calls her a liar, doesn't really listen, mocks her. On the other side: a love interest who is full of himself, open about his intentions, not lying about who he is and what he can do, and respects and admires her skills. Girl, take the prince. Both boys are a pain in the ass but one can afford a better couch to give it a rest. Victor only "got the girl" because in the end, his "but I sacrificed time to pose as her friend, I basically called dibs!" wins. He and Uncanny Elf from Strange Magic should join the same But I'm a Nice Guy! Club. If he would have realized something like "Hey, I really was an ass, sorry for being so snobby and not believing you, and you know what? I like us being friends, friendship between girls and boys rocks!" I'd have warmed up to him. No wonder they had to force a second over the top climax. He needed screentime that made him look somewhat likeable if you ignore everything else. A shame, though: I really enjoyed some of the clichés and that many of the antagonists had their own "wait, what am I even doing, this is not the person I want to be?!" moments. Also, and I don't say that often, the German dub was better. If only because Felicie's voice actually sounded like a young girl instead of raspier and less youthful than the adult female antagonists (but German Mérante is also very pleasant to the ear. Can we get a version focusing on his and Odette's arc, please?).

[@seigeengine]

I read that as "the Hallmark love stories with unkillable protagonists" and I was momentarily hyped.

[@keerya4179]

Actually there's less fart jokes in French version, the whole joke in French is that Victor isn't describing what's on screen. The line during the fart scene is "we even talked about our lives, it's was really touching"

[@SerFrostington]

My daughter absolutely loves this movie so I've seen it in quite a lot, the British version, and the ENTIRE dub seems completely different, even with the actors that didn't change and honestly, though still not great, the reading seems way better in the British version of the film, how odd.

[@TheRezro]

I suggest Princes Tutu as a cure...

[@emmanueludoidung5745]

Okay so I am not crazy,. I was scratching my head at a lot of this as I watched the British version as well. Why would they add so many terrible one off lines to the American version? Even the lip sync issue isn't there in the version I watched. It is like they made a real version....then a joke version for America. Maybe someone at the studio just hates America for some reason.

[@karekon]

@@emmanueludoidung5745 Reminds me of the Dougal movie where the american version was super awful for no apparent reason

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

That's because afaik the british casting is either the original or close to it(It is a French/Canadian production), and the U.S. version is just a dub.

[@amyvillanueva3442]

It's Canadian and yet the English cast are American & maybe some British actors here & there. As looked the up cast & Realized that Elle Fanning was also in the Canadian English cast. Other than like 2 or 3 recast for the U.S. Release most of the original cast remained.

[@Harperlarp]

NC: Am I the only one who felt like this movie was everywhere? Me: This is literally my first time hearing of it.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

I’m probably one of the few who did remember seeing it advertised. While the animation looked good, the critical reception it got made me shy away from seeing it.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@oliviarogers3559 👍👍👍💯💯

[@BitterMillenial]

Same here. Glad to know I'm not the only one. Edit: Turns out many people in the comments haven't heard of it. Turns out I wasn't living under a rock like I assumed.

[@dancepiglover]

As a ballet teacher, her “training” makes me cringe. No way could she even try to keep up with the other girls at that level. She didn’t even know the ballet terms for quite a while. How could she follow instructions in class?

[@pascaleelliott63]

20:57 : The sad part is Camille (Maddie Ziegler) saying this line feels all too real because it isn't far from the truth...

[@LordEyepatch]

That thumbnail makes him look like he’s about to put a *beatdown* on who the hell directed it.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

it does

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

I think that's what they wanted you to think Like dealing with the joker, expect the unexpected

[@chasehedges6775]

@@nicktechnubyte1184 👍👍👍💯💯💯💯

[@aurahoneydew9607]

Oh god that intro is painfully accurate it was everywhere yet never watched.

[@jbron88]

Omg. The Room reference on the dubbing killed me. “Let’s go eat - huh”.

[@wattsink2009]

21:46 I’m surprised he didn’t dub in Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove shouting, “…I’ll smash it with a hammer!” 🤣

[@carlotta4th]

I have literally never seen or heard anything about this film before so this opening is surreal for me. I had no clue it even existed.

[@BooBanana]

Me neither, and I have kids who’ve seen all the new animated movies.

[@inkfeather1152]

I'm genuinely surprised to see so many people saying this. The advertisements were EVERYWHERE when it first came out. It was beyond annoying because as beautiful as the animation was, it was obviously going to have a bland as hell story.

[@Zerpderp0]

Same bro

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Zerpderp0 👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯

[@fanfaretloudest]

Same here.

[@wilyserpent]

I smiled when I saw the notification for this review. While it wasn’t really a film I particularly enjoyed, I thought the dancing was cool, but I mostly remember this film because it was the one film my grandma actually suggested we go to movie theater and watch instead of usually me suggesting the film we watch. My grandma and I would always make it a tradition to watch movies in the movie theater together. Thinking of these memories is already just making me choke up since she recently passed away. This film, along with many others, are still in those cherished memories that I can’t help but fondly look back on them. Also, great review! :)

[@Daffodil_Darling]

Oddly enough that was my exact experience, but instead it was with my kid cousin. She wanted to see this movie so bad and I was the only one willing to take her. It's not the best movie but it still holds a place in my heart because she loved it. ♥

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Thank you for sharing this story. Keep these memories it’s how we keep them alive

[@casperrabbit7254]

FYI, the "crazy jumpy thing" isn't actually a grand jeté; it's a saut de chat. You can tell by how the leading leg leaves the ground bent and straightens in the air, in a grand jeté it'd leave the ground straight!

[@averymerrick]

Breakaway Pop Hit: The film didn't do very well at the American box office, but Carly Rae Jepsen's soundtrack song "Cut to the Feeling", while not charting very high, was one of the most critically acclaimed singles of 2017.

[@jacksonteller3973]

really? I've never heard that song on the radio before.

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

The song really fit the movie and is just in general a really good song, I am a little saddened that the movie didn't so well since it's honestly not that bad but I'm happy the song did well as it truly is a really good song

[@rommix0]

@@jacksonteller3973 Avery did say it didn't chart very high. That probably explains it. Then again, Charli XCX and Jake Paul scraped the bottom of the Hot 100 charts, and they are well known artists.

[@humanimalhedgehog123]

@@rommix0 Jake Paul is known for... other reasons outside of music... either that or it was his brother... I don't remember.

[@slyfox2022]

Critically acclaimed? 😂😂😂😂

[@francisfatta]

*”Chickens WERE harmed in the making of this movie.”* *”They… didn’t even need to be.”* But that’s what makes it better 😋

[@antoniosalieri1048]

🍗

[@RaccoonGamer9613]

@@antoniosalieri1048 Chicken Run reference

[@yoda908]

So chicken pot pie for dinner anyone?

[@fatbgmanbg975]

@@yoda908 master, have you being cured of the dyslexia??😯

[@sadiejoncic681]

I’ve always had a soft spot for ballet themed movies, so when I saw the promotional material, I was actually kinda intrigued. Yeah… I barely got through the first third before rage quitting.

[@rhett8819]

Same here. Decided to catch it at the dollar theatre, but that dub got me walkin out right as they left the orphanage.

[@dallassteel625]

20:30-20:36 That was absolutely hysterical!🤣🤣🤣 Those sound effects were absolute GOLD!!!

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

I remember watching this and wishing the main plot was Victor working for THE Gustav Eiffel instead of a stereotypical sports movie with ballerinas.

[@bluestreaker9242]

I really hate when movies do that: "Here's this way more interesting subplot, let me tell you about it!" "Or how about we don't and say that we did and just keep doing the boring thing we were already doing?" Like, yeah, I know, sub-plot, but when the sub-plot is more interesting than the main plot, then the main plot has failed to do its job. >.>

[@chasehedges6775]

@@bluestreaker9242 👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯. I heavily agree. So many films, animated AND live action do that.

[@AsheReads]

Doug: Am I the only one who felt like this movie was everywhere? Me: ...This was a movie?

[@verzeihturncoat27]

This existed?

[@joaquimqueiroz9714]

What is a movie?

[@Xarazel]

@@joaquimqueiroz9714 a miserable little pile of dated references. but enough memeing, have at you!

[@SenatiaA]

Right! I have never heard of this movie until now.

[@joaquimqueiroz9714]

@@Xarazel okay, I'll stop lol

[@ohm_sweet_ohm]

I remember seeing trailers for this movie every single time I went to the theater for about a year. As soon as it came out, I hardly heard another word about it. I'm so glad to finally see someone else who's equally as confused as I am!

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

This movie has some of the funniest jokes and scenes I have ever seen, and I think they were meant to be funny. So even if the plot is sorta lame, you gotta admit, atleast ONE of the writers deserve an award

[@cottoncandyhairamitystan8389]

Why wasn’t there any ballet music in this? There are some great classical songs that could have been used.

[@poopityscoop839]

They played the Swan Lake song when Felicie first saw the Primaballerina, but that was the only one.

[@ztslovebird]

Barbie had better ballet movies. At least her films used real ballet music.

[@wserthmar8908]

They didn’t car💀

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@wserthmar8908 Since when is Car a verb?

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

Classical is an unappreciated style of music for kids movies. At least that’s how I feel about it. Anyone know any good kids movies that use classical music? Now I’m super curious

[@3katfox]

I remember this being everywhere, then vanishing, and thinking "can't wait for the reviews to start rolling in."

[@IAmDox]

My daughter was obsessed with this movie (Ballerina, here) from when she was like 14 months old until she was 2 years old. I've seen it... many times. Holding my daughter in my arms while she watched her comfort movie to fall asleep, now that's a memory I will always cherish.

[@LunaRamos]

11:46 If they really want to be historically accurate, they would’ve made the statue of literary bronze, because the Statue of Liberty was made out of copper which made it look bronze and over time copper turns green bc when the iron is left out in the open it causes a chemical reaction which makes it turn green.

[@m.m.i.9586]

They threw any and all historical accuracy out the window, when they okayed those mini jorts! 🙈

[@LunaRamos]

@@m.m.i.9586 😂😂TRUE 💀AF

[@JeanDeBouche]

@@m.m.i.9586 and the fact they’re rehearsing the nutcracker in 1880, 12 tears before it was performed.

[@m.m.i.9586]

​@@JeanDeBouche OMG! 😂😂 You're absolutely right!! 😆

[@loyalroyalty9801]

Critic: “That went south fast!” Me: “She went south fast”!

[@galaxyskeleton]

BaaHaaha😆

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I literally saw no ads for this anywhere. The only reason I had ever heard of it at all is because I worked in the Electronics section of a department store and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a TON of unsold copies of this movie on the shelf.

[@Gamer3427]

NC: "Am I the only one who felt like this movie was everywhere?" Me: "I've never even heard of it."

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

The comments in a nutshell? "I ain't ever heard of this movie." "Oh, I remember this movie!"

[@gianinabadami5341]

I'm the latter and I figured it looked like one he'd eventually review

[@audreym3908]

or I've heard of it but never seen it camp

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

I remember always being recommended clips of this movie and seeing advertisements of it. I can’t believe that Russian kid literally yeeted her off the roof lol. If you want another French movie that has a wild plot and visuals, I recommend Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart.

[@oliviamorales9406]

I love Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart, it's true what you said that movie is wild but that's what I love about it

[@sakunaruful]

April and the Extraordinary World is another good film.

[@marqusmedina5983]

That movie weirded me out

[@LoreofMars]

That movie just screams fairytale! Another good one is A Monster in Paris

[@bbeachley1293]

Speaking as a mother of a little girl who loved ballet, I took her to this and she was traumatized by the end. She was 6 at the time and was crying by the end. So I don't think this was intended for little kids. If it ended at the dance battle, i think it would have been okay.

[@thunderlightningbolt6597]

If the movie was realistic. After failing the dance battle, The girl realized it was stupid to try to go to LITERALLY THE BEST SCHOOL without ANY EXPERIENCE at all. So she decided to go to a different school. The end.

[@bar-1studios]

@@thunderlightningbolt6597 if the movie was *realistic* ... Ever hear of the novel, "The Painted Girls" by CThy Marie Antoinette, featuring historical figures Emile Zola & Edgar Degas as supporting characters?

[@SapphireShuppet]

@@thunderlightningbolt6597 *If the movie was realistic* The main girl would've broken some bones after the blonde guy threw her off from the roof and into the window

[@dustrose8101]

@@SapphireShuppet I honestly didn't expect them to play that as far as they did I thought she was just gonna land on the roof but nope ya yEET-

[@zebreclub]

6:57 : "well yeah we're French" Me, as a French : "Well yeah, we're Parisians"

[@dayzsaclark7543]

20:47, the constant spinning during the dance battle is still funny to look at because it took so long for them to stop. 😂😭

[@waddupjd]

There's this other Weinstein animation called Doogal and GOOD GOD IT HAS THE MOST BEYOND BIZARRE WRITING EVER! Filled to the brim with early 2000s/pop culture references and butt related jokes! Fairly Odd Parents creater Butch Hartman was brought on to write the script for an American audience only for most of his material to be re-written in secret by two of three different writers. He said it was one of the most uncomfortable movies he's seen or "worked" on

[@ladypool1404]

Ah yes! This famous version of the Magic rondabout with awful jokes during the ENTIRE movie! Making the moose talks and fart when he jumps or the squlettons talking about Pirates of the carribean. This is comedy gold X)

[@DiegoHernandez-xt2su]

That movie (Doogal) has too much pop culture reference trying to be funny but failed

[@waddupjd]

@@ladypool1404 not gonna lie, Jon Stewart as the villain had it's moments

[@waddupjd]

@@DiegoHernandez-xt2su it was trying to be like Shrek

[@ladypool1404]

@@waddupjd yeah but it's not enough to make the movie good or less stupid. One excellent voice actor who has actuall funny lines isn't gonna saved this mess!

[@SegaChris5]

"Can force exposition like a kingdom hearts game" And so, it begins

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Yes. Let the DARKNESS flow through you.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@manuelalbertoromero9528 💯💯👍👍👍

[@Hufflepuffozian]

At 20:25 I was laughing so hard those sound effects with that scene were just great

[@Jarod-te2bi]

21:21 ok I hate that got me a good laugh

[@Memelord2020]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time someone says “Leap”

[@Zacman1123]

You trying to give alcohol poisoning?

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

We'd be dead in the first 10 seconds...

[@mcdonaldsdeuz6770]

*Steven King drinking game flashbacks*

[@analivehorses]

Try it everytime in the movie they use the phrase "Never give up on your dreams" You'll get drunker. 😉

[@jackbluepirate87]

See you off the mortal coil then! 😂

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

“…Nat Wolf…” This film needs a Deathnote

[@monicaaboites5053]

Nat Wolf.. needs stay away from anime characters. At the same way of Justin Chatwin.

[@seanmurphy9913]

I understood that reference 😂

[@ddjsoyenby]

every film does.

[@Surithephage]

This movie WAS everywhere. I did see it because I saw ads for it constantly. Also, I don’t remember it 100% but something I remember from it was that they never stop talking through out the entire movie. Which made it feel like it was always rushing.

[@ZeroGForce]

...did Regine turn into Yzma for a few seconds at around 22:10? _"I'll put Felicie in a box, and put that box in another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives-ah-ha-ha-haaaa!-I'LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMAH~!"_

[@purpleheart3000]

My nieces absolutely adore this movie. On first watch I kinda hated it (and the already-oxidized Lady Liberty pissed me off because I hate that inaccuracy), but it's actually kinda sweet. The two adult mentors are what won me over, they're so shippable and I need more of them so bad ❤️

[@jocelynecupcake]

As an American, I don't know s*** when it comes to history, I was just happy they showed the statue of liberty in the first place! LOLI felt represented!

[@m.m.i.9586]

Also in the 1880s, those denim shorts would have been considered either underpants, or a circus gymnastics outfit. She couldn’t have worn them in the street without drawing a crowd of curious onlookers. 🤣

[@jocelynecupcake]

​@@m.m.i.9586 Does the movie REALLY take place in the 1880s? I was thinking it was later for some reason

[@m.m.i.9586]

@@jocelynecupcake The IMDb page says 1880s, but many of the character designs, and the tech, seem much more modern to me too. 😅

[@jocelynecupcake]

@@m.m.i.9586 Well... at lest it's more historically accurate than Disney LOL

[@shymonkey12]

The joke about the bad knee had me rolling on floor with laughter. As for 2 commercials I would suggest my suggestions are the stovetop stuffing pilgrim commercial and the GameStop Christmas commercial where the dad has three arms. Both are hilarious and I watch them every year around the holidays.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

I give the movie this, the main character’s design is really endearing and adorable, but for some reason, Elle Fanning sounds like a 40-year-old in this!

[@Meimoons]

It was definitely a miscast on their part. Elle Fanning sounded way too old for Felici.

[@annoyingcat2007]

I swear when I watched this movie on Netflix I heard Dane DeHaan in all of Victors lines... ...maybe thats Netflix giving us his version but that's just me

[@paintedtrillium3900]

I just finished a 6 hour editing binge for my midterm film project and this pops up. Thank you Santa Christ!

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Santa Christ Santa Christ We all love Santa Christ

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 🎵He is Santa and Jesus Goddamn, he's Santa Christ🎵

[@ChannelAwesome]

Good luck on your film project! @painted trillium

[@antoniosalieri1048]

I love JESUS Christ

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

@@coolnerdlll6053 He died for our sins, and he also likes pancakes...

[@re_animatedabby6791]

So happy you talked about this film! So when this came out I had just started going to college for animation. While I was there every week a group of animation students or film students would see something. Good bad whatever was playing. One week I got to pick and because of the voice cast and the animation from the trailer I picked this. Needless to say while the film was horrible (actually one of my friends before going into animation was a professional ballerina so her commentary was priceless) it was by far the best time I ever had in a theater. Because the theater was empty we spent the entire time laughing our asses off and making jokes. Horrible film but worth the price of admission for the experience 😀.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Oh congrats!

[@re_animatedabby6791]

@@koneheadcokehead4981 Thank ypu!!!

[@AtariDad]

18:29 Pretty much every major plot conflict _Food Wars_ in a nutshell...

[@wattsink2009]

21:46 Surprisingly, she managed to make attempting to kill someone with a giant mallet scarier than Stephen King could in the Shining remake! 😁

[@chasehedges6775]

I’ll give the movie this: Elle Fanning was good.

[@Rikku147]

She always is. Even in garbage, lol.

[@twinkle_doubtyt]

@@Rikku147 *cough* The Nutcracker in 3D *cough*

[@chasehedges6775]

@@twinkle_doubtyt 💯💯💯👍👍👍👍

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Rikku147 👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@PatZalatoris]

@@Rikku147 "cough cough, maleficent, cough"

[@lunacron]

The version on Netflix has a different voice actor for the boy, I think it's way better than the one I saw in the video clips you were showing.

[@agent2608]

which boy

[@lunacron]

@@agent2608 The main boy, the one that's been with her since the beginning. If it was one of the others I would have said "top hat" or the blond "dancer dude".

[@agent2608]

@@lunacron Maybe you selected a different audio for Leap. He sounds exactly the same in my version of Netflix

[@andreasmeelie1889]

That bad knee joke had me cracking up!😂

[@JonnyDarcko]

'To be fair, this is how I expected a french fight to go down' I'm freaking dying. XD

[@hazbinotakusimp2182]

I loved this movie when I saw it in theaters, and was excited to see it again on Netflix, only.. I was extremely disappointed to find alot of the dialog was changed, and important lines were cut and changed too, and some music was changed as well, it was like they took the original brilliant energy and just... Destroyed it. It pissed me off when I saw they removed the dialog in Félicie's memory of her mother and when she made the leap down the grand staircase of the ballet hall. "If you never leap, then you'll never know what it's like to fly!" unless they finally fixed it, I don't have Netflix anymore

[@jacksonteller3973]

Netflix is known for randomly changing movies, they also infamously had a different ending for The Notebook. I'd recommend seeing the film on DVD, I believe that's the original version.

[@Marinealver]

@@jacksonteller3973 So Netflix is like George Lucas.

[@jacksonteller3973]

@@Marinealver only worse.

[@leopoldbullot8016]

It's a french movie, Netflix didn't randomly change stuff, they fixed a dub so bad it added dialog in scenes that were never supposed to have any. (Assuming Netflix did it, this movie has multiples english dub)

[@Meimoons]

@@leopoldbullot8016 wait just the American and the Birtish English ones right? What other English dubs were there?

[@RaccoonGamer9613]

This is one of the "WTH" moments for Nostalgic Critic when he reviews an animated French/Canadian movie that no one knew it existed--about a French girl that wants to be a ballerina. He is going to LEAP with joy when he learns how terrible the movie was at the box office.

[@antoniosalieri1048]

It's a French/Canadian film

[@RaccoonGamer9613]

@@antoniosalieri1048 Oh.

[@TechySpeaking]

NC: "Does anyone else feel like this movie was everywhere?" Me, to movie: "I don't even know who you are."

[@TheSpectator7]

22:10 - 22:16 Yzma: "Kronk!!! We've got a lawsuit to file!

[@LaDracul]

I'm royally pissed that they redubbed some of the actors for the US release as Dane DeHaan was in the UK/AU/NZ releases. That was the ONLY reason I would have watched this! But somehow TWC thinks we Americans don't know English actors and just makes stupid redubs and we never get the original voice tracks...

[@motxmod]

TWC did similarly with Arthur and the Invisibles and Doogal. Doogal had a complete recast minus Ian McKellan being untouched and Kylie Minogue redubbing herself in an American accent. Arthur had 9 minutes cut due to the romance plot between Arthur and Selenia due to age differences in the US/UK release not helped that Madonna was the oldest to voice Selenia between all versions. Lionsgate did release an uncut version of it to KZbin earlier this year.

[@LaDracul]

@@motxmod I knew OF the sequels, but I only bothered to watch the first one.

[@motxmod]

I think I saw both sequels. Luckily or unluckily, given the US box office TWC stayed away from them as they went direct to DVD under EuropaCorp but the bigger names were recast: Madonna to Selena Gomez, Jimmy Fallon to Doug Rand, David Bowie To Lou Reed, and Jason Bateman to Iggy Pop.

[@jcplays5831]

I forgot this movie existed, but I’m also happy it exists

[@LucyLioness100]

The entire summer this came out, nearly every hour when I worked at AMC Streets of Woodfield we endlessly heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s song for this movie. My manager and I would grimace at each other & name a different annoying song we would rather be tortured by; other colleagues would voice theirs as well. Did not miss this when it finally left theatres

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Someone must of been really excited to say leap! Either that or The Red Bull guy was onto something with those exclamation's points!

[@DrAwe-fi6we]

I recall this being the movie my mom got because it had dancing in it. She's a dance instructor.

[@sonicplushycentral6818]

Funny seeing you, I watch your videos. You make good stuff. But yeah yeah I remember ads of this movie everywhere. Then it just disappeared.

[@mcnugget677]

“Leap” doesn’t even sound like a word anymore, I’m glad I got the Ballerina version.

[@spacedinosaur8733]

You heard it here, animated movies with talking mice are more historically accurate. Go Miss Bianca & Bernard!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I keep having this weird vision where Rodney Dangerfield is eating an apple while talking about no respect an then out of nowhere Richard Pryor just says leap while The Muppets are doing The Macarena this might be a sign.

[@rommix0]

That is the most early 80s thing I've ever heard. It should be a movie. RIP to both of those legends.

[@worldssynchronized370]

I remember seeing adds, some friends watching it on tv saying it was alright the only reason I didn’t see it was because I was marathoning some rpgs those wonderful time sinks

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Bro. ✊

[@christopherspielbergproduc7128]

A few years ago, I thought that NC may one day review Leap!/Ballerina after watching the film (which was good), and until now, he has read my mind. Thank you, Nostalgia Critic. :) Now hoping that Nostalgia Critic reviews The Loud House Movie.

[@OwlBard]

This literally has the elements of so many older ballet movies that have already been done. There's the prima donna girl who is the best dancer, but she only does it cuz her mom makes her, which is in center stage. There's the trope of the bad blonde boy and the good burnette boy which is also in the same movie.

[@TAGibby]

Holy shit, I actually watched this movie! I think it was just something I clicked on randomly on Netflix one day and had completely forgotten about until now. I didn't hate it? It was just fine. But boy, out of all the movies to review I would've never guessed NC would review this.

[@officialflikz]

I loved this one, it's pretty cliche and you can see a lack of budget but the character design was great and the was a lot of quality to it, showing once again not everything has to be Disney to be good

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

I agree I like that with the guy with the lazy eye he is clearly designed to be "ugly" but not hard to look at as well just the other girls and background characters they all look very polished and have colors that work together, and this might have be a personal opinion but the blonde girl Camile is often showed wearing green and pink and while yes those are complimentary colors in color theory some think they don't go together (me being one of those somes) which if that's what they were going for would make it even more perfect as the color scheme of the outfits for one of the villains

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

But I'm sure that my artist brain reading to much into it

[@officialflikz]

@@Chloe_thefoxstudios i'm sure it won't be a popular opinion, but i do like it, it's interesting to watch animations from different countries and see how they compare to the usual american stuff

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

@@officialflikz yeah it's nice to see what they can do I would love to see more works like this from the studio that made it but with some better mouth movements I get earwig and the witch vibes from how their mouths move

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Lack of?

[@troywright359]

the disney flowers at 4:34 are instantly the best piece of animation in the entire video

[@theperksofbeingabookworm906]

“You know what he’s thirteen and French. We should be grateful that that’s all that he notices.” Me: dead from laughter

[@chasehedges6775]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Misfit_Kitten]

Yeah, this was at the tail end of "Maddie Mania" that seemed to grip every girl everywhere before Dance Moms fell almost as far and as fast as Weinstein. From all the hype, you'd think she voiced every character in it AND wrote the damn screenplay!

[@aussieman3021]

Even though Maddie is still going strong, as she's going to be in Steven Spielberg's take on West Side Story.

[@Misfit_Kitten]

Oh, yay, more flat, disaffected acting to go along with the whitewashing.

[@claytonrios1]

Never thought you'd review this! It's a film that I don't know if I'm thankful for!

[@chasehedges6775]

👍👍💯💯💯👍👍