April and the Extraordinary World

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April and the Extraordinary World

PG

2016

1h 45m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Animation

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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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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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Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

Jan 9, 2017

3.5/5

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.

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Dmitry Samarov

Chicago Reader

May 5, 2016

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.

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Apr 15, 2016

3.5/4

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

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Josh Slater-Williams

Vague Visages

Nov 13, 2023

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.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Aug 3, 2021

3.5/5

Feels fresh and new.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Feb 2, 2021

3.5/4

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

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Stephen C

@bob25009 May 13, 2025

Rated PG for Action/Peril Including Gunplay, Some Thematic Elements, and Rude Humor. Great animation!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

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Topher S

@RT65664524 Jan 30, 2025

Beautifully animated and creatively original film about a young girl in an alternate timeline Paris.

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 Oct 23, 2024

This family movie uses beautiful animation, great voice acting and an interesting tale. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it.

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Alec B

@Alec97 Dec 14, 2023

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.

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Gbor G

@RT14774101 Nov 1, 2023

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.

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Nov 15, 2020

Existential and weird and then enormously compelling; superb voice performances

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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
Producer: Marc Jousset, 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
Runtime: 1h 45m

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