The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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April and the Extraordinary World
Animation · Comedy · Family · 2015
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
Movie details
April and the Extraordinary World
2015 Animation · Comedy · Family 1h 46m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over April and the Extraordinary World?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Franck Ekinci · Christian Desmares
Written by
Benjamin Legrand · Franck Ekinci
Marion Cotillard
Avril (voice)
Philippe Katerine
Darwin (voice)
Jean Rochefort
Pops (voice)
Olivier Gourmet
Paul (voice)
Marc-André Grondin
Julius (voice)
Bouli Lanners
Pizoni (voice)
Anne Coesens
Chimène (voice)
Court is in session
Put April and the Extraordinary World on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.