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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

2012 American film

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andrew Adamson
Written by	Andrew Adamson
Produced by	Martin Bolduc Andrew Adamson Aron Warner
Cinematography	Brett Turnbull
Edited by	Sim Evan-Jones Dirk Westervelt
Music by	Benoît Jutras Stephen Barton
Production companies	Cirque du Soleil Reel FX Creative Studios Strange Weather Films Cameron/Pace Group
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20) (TIFF) December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21) (United States)
Running time	91 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$34 million[2]

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is a 2012 American 3D family fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson. The film premiered on October 20, 2012, at the Tokyo International Film Festival,^[3] and was released theatrically in the United States on December 21, 2012.^[4]

Distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures on December 21, 2012, the film tells the story of a girl named Mia going to a traveling circus and falling in love with its main attraction, the Aerialist. After the Aerialist falls during his act, he and Mia are transported to another world where each encounter the different worlds of Cirque du Soleil. It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Criss Angel Believe, and Viva Elvis, some of the Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011.

Eels performed a song titled "Calling for Your Love" for the movie.

Plot[edit]

Mia, a young woman in a small American Midwestern town, goes to a traveling carnival one evening, where she is urged by a silent clown to visit the carnival's circus and see the Aerialist, the show's star attraction. She is entranced by the Aerialist, but during his act he misses a catch and falls to the ground. She rushes to help him, but then the ground beneath them gives way and they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil. Separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other, interacting with the strange and wonderful performers and performances of Cirque du Soleil. Mia and the Aerialist perform an aerial courtship for the grand finale.

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Reception[edit]

This film received mixed reviews from critics. It has a rating of 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 47 reviews and an average score of 5.30/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "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."^[5]OnMetacritic, it has a rating of 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 16 reviews.^[6]

A. O. ScottofThe New York Times gave this film a score of 3/5, and said that "For me, Cirque du Soleil will always be associated with the movie Knocked Up, in which the characters played by Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd take in a performance of Mystère under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms. If such a trip is not to your taste, or if a trip to Las Vegas is not on your calendar, you might opt for the relatively inexpensive, mildly mind-blowing Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, a new 3-D movie directed by Andrew Adamson."^[7]

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Home video[edit]

On March 12, 2013, Worlds Away was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

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External links[edit]

• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds AwayatIMDb 
• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds AwayatRotten Tomatoes
• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds AwayatMetacritic