Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

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, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 21, 2012. It was released in 2D and 3D. It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from some of the Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011 including O, Mystre, K, Love, and Viva Elvis. The 3D used in the film was highly admired by the critics on its Tokyo premiere. The Eels performed a song titled Calling for Your Love for the movie. 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 through O, Mystre, K, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. The film incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows running in Las Vegasin 2011 O, Mystre, K, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. Each of the actsperformances was filmed on the stage of the theater in Las Vegas where the show iswas running the acts from O at the O Theatre at the Bellagio, those from Ka at the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand, those from Love at the Love Theater at the Mirage, the act from Mystere at the Mystere Theater at Treasure Island, the act from Zumanity at the Zumanity Theater at the New York New York and the act from Viva Elvis at the Aria Theater. It was Reel FXs first and only live action film.

This film has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a rating of 47 on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews and an average score of 5.310. On Metacritic, it has a rating of 51100, indicating mixed or average reviews, based onreviews. A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave this film a score of 35, 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 Mystre 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 mindblowing Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away, a new 3D movie directed by Andrew Adamson.

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