An orphan girl’s dream of becoming a top ballerina in Paris hardly sounds like the stuff of big-time animated fare, not unless the “girl” were a talking ferret or goat or wombat or whatever, followed ...

Anyone who’s ever dreamed of tutus, tights and toe shoes will likely get a kick out of “Leap!” But the Weinstein Co.’s first animated film under the Mizchief banner – the tale of a determined ...

PLOT In the late 1800s, a French orphan girl travels to Paris in the hopes of dancing in the ballet. BOTTOM LINE An animated French Canadian import with little charm or wit. In the animated film “Leap ...

“Leap!” follows a wannabe 11-year-old dancer who tries to make her dream come true in 1880s Paris. The twinkletoed underdog deftly gets the job done. The movie — not so much. The story is inherently ...

Mel Brooks and Kate McKinnon's voice talents are totally wasted on this humorless children's movie from the Weinstein Company. Generations apart, but connected by chutzpah and talent, Mel Brooks and ...

Pixar animated films tend to be intelligent, challenging and educational for children, as opposed to the Weinstein Company's animated Euro-ballerina fantasy "Leap!", which tends to be thoughtless, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two and one-half stars. Rated PG. At area theaters. Contains some impolite humor and action. 89 minutes. By Susan Wloszczyna Anyone who’s ever dreamed of ...