Ranking December's Movies From Worst To Best
8. Ballerina
RottenTomatoes Score: 92% (6.2/10)
Box Office: Made on a modest $30 million, the French animation has grossed $10.6 million to date, though a North American rollout in March should add a decent amount to it. Still not a success, though.
Verdict: Though there's never much doubt where it's going, this is still a surprisingly solid effort despite the lack of marketing, delivering a sweet, sharply-animated story about achieving your dreams, creating a decent role model of a protagonist for young girls in the process.
There are definitely moments where the tone wavers, especially in the third act, but for the most part this is just different enough not to be lumped in with all those other middling animated films released this past year.