April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le monde truqué) (2016)
88%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: 2 wins & 8 nominations
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
April and the Extraordinary World is a steampunk adventure that will have you gasping in awe and laughing out loud. With stunning visuals and a fast-paced storyline, this film is perfect for anyone who loves humanist sci-fi, talking cats, and lizards wearing robot armor. It’s a pure delight of wonder and invention that will leave you wanting more. So grab your gas mask and get ready for a wild ride through an extraordinary world!
Production Company(ies)
New Line Cinema, Wing Nut Films, The Saul Zaentz Company,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for action/peril including gunplay, some thematic elements and rude humor
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):French
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Country of origin:Canada, Belgium, France
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2016 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2016
Genre(s)
Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Angela Galuppo, Tony Hale, Tod Fennell, Tony Robinow, Paul Giamatti, Mark Camacho, directed by Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci, written by Franck Ekinci, Benjamin Legrand, Adventure, PG, Marc Jousset, Franck Ekinci, box office gross $294.3K, reviewed by Roxana Hadadi, Dmitry Samarov, Tirdad Derakhshani, Bill Goodykoontz, Stephanie Merry, Ty Burr, Michael J Casey, Leo Brady, Grant Watson, Daniel Barnes, Rachel Wagner, Asia Frey, colorful imagination, talking cat, quest, missing parents, 1941 Paris, steampunk-inspired world, gas masks, Hollywood clichés, hand-drawn 2D animation, ecological message, Japanese anime, Jules Verne, humanoid lizards, robot armor, horror movies, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV premiere dates
Worldwide gross: $495,879
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $611,170
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,694
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 66,649
US/Canada gross: $295,488
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $364,189
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,415
US/Canada opening weekend: $11,413
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $14,067
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,621
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 9180292
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $11,314,697
Production budget ranking: 1,620
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $6,092,964
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$16,796,491
ROI to date (est.): -96%
ROI ranking: 2,001
Tony Hale – Darwin (Voice)
Tod Fennell – Julius (Voice)
Tony Robinow – Pops (Voice)
Paul Giamatti – Pizoni (Voice)
Mark Camacho – Paul (Voice)
Christian Desmares – Director
Franck Ekinci – Director, Producer, Writer
Marc Jousset – Producer
Benjamin Legrand – Writer
Director(s)
Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci
Writer(s)
Franck Ekinci, Benjamin Legrand
Producer(s)
Marc Jousset, Franck Ekinci
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 8 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (59) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (2)
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.
January 9, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5
Roxana Hadadi
Punch Drunk Critics
TOP CRITIC
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.
May 5, 2016
Dmitry Samarov
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
April and the Extraordinary World will have your imagination doing somersaults and cartwheels.
April 15, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Tirdad Derakhshani
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
“April and the Extraordinary World” is a visual delight, an animated French steampunk adventure that is smart, exciting and wonderfully weird.
April 14, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
TOP CRITIC
In truth, the story is practically beside the point with all the spectacular visuals.
April 7, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
Stephanie Merry
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
A delightfully deranged steampunk adventure.
April 7, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Feels fresh and new.
August 3, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Cinema
April and the Extraordinary World is a pure delight of wonder and invention.
February 2, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Leo Brady
AMovieGuy.com
An excellent animated feature with likeable characters, stunning and creative imagery, and a fast-paced and nicely complex storyline.
May 17, 2019 | Rating: 7/10
Grant Watson
Fiction Machine
Pure enjoyment, but then I’ve always been in the bag for humanist sci-fi, lizards wearing robot armor, unusual and meticulous production design, and adventure stories where one of the heroes is a brainy woman and the other is a talking cat.
April 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
I loved it, and I think it is a film that will improve with each viewing.
February 11, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
Rachel Wagner
Rotoscopers
It is compelling, not convoluted, and, best of all, takes place in an imagined steampunk world that is wondrous to behold.
August 23, 2018
Asia Frey
Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)…
Plot
In 1941 Paris, a teenage girl and her talking cat embark on a quest to find her missing parents in the steampunk-inspired world of April and the Extraordinary World.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about April and the Extraordinary World.
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