2021 Directed by Dave Rosenbaum, Eamonn Butler
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life. Based on the stage show phenomenon of the same name and featuring Bill Whelan’s multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning music.
John McColgan Moya Doherty Dave Rosenbaum Tyler Werrin John Gleeson Warren Franklin Joel MacDonald Duncan Rodger John Kambites Peter Nagle Adam Nagle Phil Brown Patricia Carroll Ivan Epstein Richard Hodsden Antony Hunt Ollie McGovern
Riverdance: Uma Aventura Dançante
Who knew tap dancing at a funeral would be so uplifting?
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure combines adventure, folklore, and music in an animation while also presenting the great scenery of Ireland. It has a theme of traditions, family, friendship, and community woven together to help cope with loss and grief for the audience to relate to. It's enjoyable for some parts, as it was interspersed with Irish music and dance every once in a while.
By the way, all the stepdancing scenes are immaculate.
"Do you know why I dance? There's a rhythm to the river as it hits the sea. It means life is still going. You should always celebrate life."
✨ Loved it ✨
If you love the Riverdance shows than you will love this movie!
Loved the animation, story, music, and of course the Riverdance choreography! Such beautiful sounds!
Will re-watch probably around St. Patrick's day with my headphones on next time. Felt like I was missing a hint of simple sounds from some of the dance sequences. Such as..
💃 wet cobblestones..
💃 deer hooves..
Beautifully made I must say!
Very cute and made me chuckle some.
*NOTE: After the round of end credits it does have a small sequence there.
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I didn’t even know this existed until earlier today. I didn’t know it was Irish and I definitely didn’t think it was linked to the the dance, boy was I wrong. This is just such a random movie. It actually makes Ireland look pretty spot on from a small village to scenic sights but everything else in this is just bonkers. Most Irish live action films don’t paint such a positive image, and are usually filled with drink and drugs, but I think I’d rather that reputation than all the random choreographed dancing in the streets in this, and nobody ‘celebrates’ St Patrick’s Day (Never ever St ‘Patties’ whatever the fuck that is) but rather we do all drink on…
Vraiment pas un grand film, ça se termine un peu comme un pétard mouillé, mais Agathe l'avait regardé seule le matin et elle voulait vraiment me le montrer (surtout pour les scènes de danse et la musique), donc ça m'a surtout fait plaisir de le voir avec elle. De son côté, elle lui donne 4 étoiles sur 5 au film.
Score : 4.2/10 ✅
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure looks like a fun ride but it's far from being the case and become pretty tiresome, to say the least. It’s pretty hard to get invested in a story that keeps getting confused in its own continuity, it’s going to different locations continuously while attempting (keyword here) funny stuff and emotional tropes that never quite land properly.
Even with all that cute animals material and dancing around, the movie feels abnormally wearisome and distant, which is kind of weird since Animated movies are usually the genre that can satisfy almost anyone by using a minimum of heart, which isn’t present at all in this film. Despite that, the villain resolution was pretty…
What on earth is this?
I'm bewlidered. The only thing that lifts this from the awful list is the score. The story is absolutely pathetic and reduced to fart jokes, tap dancing reindeer and shocking sub-par Disneyesque animals.
I have one question.
WHY?
A serviceable animated fantasy that may play better to those familiar with the cultural touchstone from which it borrows its name, "Riverdance: The Animated Adventure" provides mediocre returns. Built around a young DJ whose angry rejection of tradition after the death of his grandfather leads to extreme danger, the film finds the boy teaming with a dancer to protect the fantastic creatures that his acts have threatened. The story follows expected paths, and the film punctuates its adventure with dance sequences that may or may not disengage the audience. Besides Pierce Brosnan's voicework, there is little here that makes an impact. This is mid-level stuff with a handful of highights.
