This quite fantastic film had so much that reminded me of old Miyazaki pictures!I was fascinated from beginning to end. It's amazingly creative and fun and the action is pretty non-stop.I just read a review that said children would not be into it because it was too static and "arty". Frankly that's a load of BS. My two kids found it fantastic. They loved the whole thing and talked about it for hours afterwards. A fully original and intelligent movie with a developed story and fantastic characters. More than worth your time!

'Avril et le monde truqué' or 'April and the extraordinary world' is a highly imaginative and charming film - an animated picture that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. The story is brilliant and unusually mature for an animated picture, but with the same entertainment value as any animated film aimed at kids.I enjoyed the characters a lot in this film, especially the talking cat. A minor character which brought so much to the overall enjoyment to the film. The animation itself is a lot more simplistic than most these days, but it sort of adds to the overall charm of the film. 'April and the extraordinary world' is a wonderfully imaginative animated adventure, definitely worth a watch.

2016 has really proved to be a great year for film. April and the Extraordinary World may not be on the level of some truly fantastic animated films (Kubo and the Two Strings, Tower, The Red Turtle, Zootopia) but it's still a very good film in its own right. The great thing about it is that it is not held back by having to only appeal to children and by not having to show anything that may be even remotely inappropriate for kids. It's a very classic action-adventure story, one where you could also see working in live action (although not exactly because many of the characters would not translate to live action as well). It is very well paced, very funny at times, and also genuinely heartfelt. That ending was also really effective, with the last scene really hitting on some great themes that the film had only previously alluded to. Definitely recommended.

Graphically I fell into surprisingly different worlds. As well realistic as imaginary it's one big adventure. Sometimes the lines between them are so thin that it makes you wander. What if? So it's definitely not a childish movie, more the contrary. However there's lots of messages in it for the youth as well grown ups. I was afraid before I watched it, it would be a Japanese cartoon with loud screaming boys and girls with wooden movements and for the western people non understandable humor but again: Bang! No way Jose!! It's a beautiful visionary as well the sounds and music, perfectly directed it's as I sad A must see, one big adventure!(btw it's a French/Belgium production I thought, I really don't understand I never had heard of it before... It signs again what's appreciated in this crazy world and what is not. Unbelievable! This movie is an very enjoyable piece of art packed in , drawn in three dimensions. Nine stars from me because it surprised me as well in the beginning and after that every minute again, on and on, again and again.. Amazing peeps! It was truly a pleasure and after three days I'm writing this cause I still can't forget it and never will. Have fun.