Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)

Country: USA
Director: Andrew Adamson
Production Co: Paramount Pictures,Paramount
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Rating: 6.8/10
Length: 87 mins

Storyline

A young woman in a small Mid-Western 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 through 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.—Tony Scheinman

Plot Keywords

young woman, circus performer, incredible, dreamy, outdoors, circus ring, fantasy world, running away, circus life, magical world, romance, forbidden love, transformation, 2010s

Short Review

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.