Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

PG

2012

1h 27m

Adventure

Fantasy

Drama

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Mia is a young woman seeking escape. She enters a circus tent and falls instantly in love with an aerialist that she sees performing. But when their eyes meet, he slips and falls, dragging Mia with him into another world. Mia and the aerialist become separated and travel in a place that exists between life and death to find each other again. Acts from Cirque du Soleil shows "O," "Mystère" and others illustrate their journey.

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Critics Consensus

Cirque Du Soleil loses its sense of wonder when bottled for the screen, with Worlds Away's shapeless story and relentless spectacle feeling hollow when divorced from the theatrical experience.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Sep 4, 2018

Soaringly pointless. No point to it whatsoever. I looked. I looked everywhere for a point, even under my cinema seat. But I came up empty-handed. It's 90 minutes of sheer, total, utter pointlessness.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 1, 2017

3/5

The movie version of Cirque Du Soleil comes alive when the troupe are showing off their stunts - it's just a shame about the bits in between.

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Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

Jan 9, 2017

2.5/5

The biggest flaw of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is that it's not really a movie at all. It's more like a super-long commercial for the Canadian entertainment company.

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Nour Habib

Tulsa World

Feb 3, 2017

Beauty can capture an audience's attention, but stories are still what hold it.

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Dave White

Movies.com

Mar 18, 2013

2.5/5

...it's a tourism brochure, a very long, very sparkly infomercial for one-handed pushups...

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Jim Schembri

3AW

Mar 17, 2013

3/5

Designed as pure confection for the eyes, this largely wordless fare is perfect for kids (how many G-rated films are there around?) and for any stressed-out office worker eager for something to unwind to.

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Jun 17, 2026

Taught me I don’t like acrobatic based productions, even at highest level. Don’t need a story/theme. Centrifugal circle guys were the best.

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May 13, 2012

I only like the caterpillar story

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Feb 5, 2012

Arguably their best touring show. I hope to see it sometime while Anton is still in it. Hopefully it makes it into the arena next year!

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nilufer e

@Nilicim Jun 20, 2010

An amazing show with wonderful soundtrack, extraordinary costumes and breath-taking performances.

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Feb 10, 2010

I am a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil and always enjoy watching any of their DVDs. I gave it 4.5 stars because of lack of English subtitles for anyone especially Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who wants to watch it.

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Nov 19, 2009

there were a lot of interesting acts, but this didn't jump to the top of my favorites list. i wouldn't discourage from seeing, tho. it's still beautiful.

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Synopsis

Mia is a young woman seeking escape. She enters a circus tent and falls instantly in love with an aerialist that she sees performing. But when their eyes meet, he slips and falls, dragging Mia with him into another world. Mia and the aerialist become separated and travel in a place that exists between life and death to find each other again. Acts from Cirque du Soleil shows "O," "Mystère" and others illustrate their journey.

Director: Andrew Adamson
Producer: Martin Bolduc, Andrew Adamson, Aron Warner
Screenwriter: Andrew Adamson
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Cirque du Soleil, Paramount Pictures International
Rating: PG (Some Dramatic Images|Mild Sensuality)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.5M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital

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