SummaryA young couple who is separated, must journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other, as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that will allow them to leap, soar, swim, and dance with the performers. This Holiday Season, Cirque du Soleil brings their world to your city! (Paramount Pictures... Read More
Directed By:Andrew Adamson
Written By:Andrew Adamson
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
50% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
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19% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Dec 19, 2012
80
The world's most famous acrobatic troupe delivers a feast of surreal beauty and moments of breath-catching wonder in the skilfully staged 3D film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away.
Jan 30, 2013
63
It's all quite lovely, mesmerizing – and right on the edge of sleep-inducing.
User score
Mixed or Average
45% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
31% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
24% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Mar 25, 2013
9
I personally thought It was an amazing movie. It was amazing from start to finish filled with dazzling acrobatics and great performances from all the actors and performers.
Jan 5, 2013
8
Worlds Away is a great way to see the best of the Cirque du Soleil acts. The story is simple and told without words, but it is a vehicle for the characters come across many of the most spectacular Cirque performances. The creativity and genius of Cirque comes through strongly. I will likely never get to take my family to a Cirque show in Vegas, so this was a great way to experience it up close. Both the adults and the teenagers in our family loved it.
Dec 20, 2012
63
At its best, Worlds Away is a parade of mostly attractive acrobats performing physically improbable feats. At its worst, it has the humorlessness of Ridley Scott plumbing the deeper meanings of an Esther Williams water ballet.
Dec 20, 2012
60
While the bodies of the performers do amazing things, the hectic editing and frequent use of slow motion distract from their physical artistry rather than enhance it. The 3-D, on the other hand, gives some sense of the scale of a Cirque du Soleil performance, and even if the film is no substitute for the real thing, it is at least an effective advertisement.
Dec 20, 2012
50
If one is interested in seeing a Cirque du Soleil show, there are many to choose from. "Worlds Away" functions solely as some sort of bargain sampler platter appetizer, never proving it has a real reason of its own to exist.
Dec 20, 2012
38
The movie is something of a compositional nightmare, worlds away, one might say, from the artistry so associated with Cirque.
Feb 3, 2013
20
A tedious, misjudged marriage of Olympic opening ceremony, Eurovision half-time show and most recorded nightmares, Worlds Away is set in a mysterious land of make-believe.
Dec 14, 2014
7
It is simply amazing how they can express complex feelings with just movement and music. How fascinating, that film can merge all the art forms into something extraordinary.
Jan 15, 2013
6
As stated in an earlier review, at worst, this is a long advert for Cirque du Soleil. For those who haven't seen it live though, this is a good substitute. I took a group of kids (5-11 yo) who had never seen Cirque before and they enjoyed it. As an aside, I doubt this film is aimed primarily at an American audience, as it seems the expectation of the producers is a much greater appreciation for the artistic creativity in Cirque than can be expected from the average American. Regardless, I don't regret the time or money spent on it, despite it bordering on boring at times.
Jun 13, 2015
5
Worlds Away is poorly edited and the closed captioning is phoned in. Cuts are short and jarring such that the viewer cannot absorb and appreciate everything that is happening on stage.
Dec 25, 2012
1
Why didn't someone tell me this is just a hodgepodge of the various Vegas Cirque shows!!! I've seen all those shows....I don't need to pay MORE money to see it on film. Geez....maybe if they had some cool camera angles or something for example when they filmed under ****..that was neat hence the 2 rating but I just wasted $24 on this junk and realized 10 minutes into it I was watching a 90 minute commercial for Cirque in Vegas. You can usually catch the same thing for free in your hotel room albeit it lasts 5 minutes. Good lordy...$24 for a 3D **** I got swindled and to make things worse now I can't afford anything to **** it's CHRISTMAS!!! THANKS MR CAMERON for ruining my Christmas. Maybe I can go sift through the trash and see if there are any half eaten boxes of popcorn. You want to see Cirque in 3D? Go to Vegas and watch them. This film doesn't do them justice.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Cirque du Soleil Burlesco
- Reel FX Creative Studios
- Strange Weather Films
- Cameron l Pace Group
Release Date:Dec 21, 2012
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:PG
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