The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Animation · Fantasy · Music · 2021
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life. Based on the stage show phenomenon of the same name and featuring Bill Whelan’s multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning music.
Movie details
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 Animation · Fantasy · Music 1h 26m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.6 / 10
2.7K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67 %
Tomatometer
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life. Based on the stage show phenomenon of the same name and featuring Bill Whelan’s multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning music.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Riverdance: The Animated Adventure?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
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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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Eamonn Butler · Dave Rosenbaum
Written by
Dave Rosenbaum · Tyler Werrin
Pierce Brosnan
Grandad / Patrick (voice)
Sam Hardy
Keegan (voice)
H
Hannah Herman Cortes
Moya (voice)
Lilly Singh
Penny (voice)
Jermaine Fowler
Benny (voice)
John Kavanagh
Gatekeeper (voice)
Pauline McLynn
Grandma (voice)
Court is in session
Put Riverdance: The Animated Adventure on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.