Snowtime!
| Snowtime! | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jean-François Pouliot |
| Written by | Normand Canac-Marquis Roger Cantin Danyèle Patenaude Paul Risacher |
| Starring | French version:
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Production companies | CarpeDiem Film & TV Singing Frog Studio |
| Distributed by | Les Films Séville Entertainment One |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French English |
| Budget | $12.5 million |
| Box office | $3.36 million (Canada)[2] CN¥31.5 million (China)[3] |
Snowtime! (originally La Guerre des tuques 3D and La Bataille géante de boules de neige in France, released on DVD in the UK as Cleo[4][5]) is a Canadian computer-animated 3D film from Quebec, released in 2015.[6] Directed by Jean-François Pouliot, it is an animated remake of the 1984 film The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques).[7]
The film inspired the spinoff television series Snowsnaps (Les Mini-Tuques) that premiered in September 2018. A sequel, Racetime (La Course Des Tuques) is scheduled for release in December 2018.[8]
Premise
The film centres on a group of children, led by Luke (Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier / Angela Galuppo) and Sophie (Mariloup Wolfe / Lucinda Davis), who plan and stage a giant snowball fight during the Christmas holidays.[6]
Production
Having earned $3,359,425 in 2015, the film was the highest-grossing Canadian film at the domestic box office during the calendar year, thus winning the Cineplex Golden Screen Award conferred by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.[9][10] It had its American premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[11] The film was released in English Canada on February 12, 2016 and the United States on February 19, 2016.[2]
The soundtrack features songs by various artists, including two recordings of "L'hymne" by Celine Dion, one English rendition as a solo artist and one French rendition recorded as a duet with Fred Pellerin.
Characters
| Characters | Voiced by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original | International | Original | International |
| Luc | Luke | Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier | Angela Galuppo |
| Sophie | Mariloup Wolfe | Lucinda Davis | |
| François Les Lunettes | Four-eyed Frankie | Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc | Sandra Oh[12] |
| Pierre | Piers | Sébastien Reding | Ross Lynch[13][14] |
| Lucie | Lucy | Sophie Cadieux | Angela Galuppo[15] |
| Maranda | Manolo[16] | Anne Casabonne | Sonja Ball |
| Jacques | Jack[17] | Catherine Trudeau | |
| Henri Leroux | Henry | André Sauvé | Heidi Lynne Weeks |
| Georges Leroux | George | ||
| Chabot | Chuck | Gildor Roy | Don W. Shepherd[18] |
| Ti-Guy La Lune | Nicky | Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque[citation needed] or Aline Pinsonneault[citation needed] | Elisabeth MacRae[19][20] |
| France | Fran | Aline Pinsonneault | Jenna Wheeler[21] |
| Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville | Daniel Blanshire from Victoriaville | Esther Poulin | Holly Gauthier-Frankel[22] |
Reception
The film has grossed over $13 million worldwide, including CN¥31.5 million in China.[8][3]
Reviews
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[23] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 52 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[24]
References
- ^ Linda Barnard (11 February 2016). "Snowtime! packs a message: review". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
With the voices of Sandra Oh, Angela Gallupo, Lucinda Davis and Ross Lynch.
- ^ a b Etan Vlessing (February 2, 2016). "Canadian Screen Awards to Honor 'Snowtime!' as Biggest Homegrown 2015 Box-Office Hit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ a b "冰雪大作战（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B018VSW3IO
- ^ "Cleo (2015)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b "La guerre des tuques 3D réussit son pari". Ici Radio-Canada, November 3, 2015.
- ^ "La Guerre des Tuques takes aim at a new generation". Q, December 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Cocherel, Par (June 6, 2018). "Le film «La course des tuques» est lancé". HuffPost. Verizon Communications. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ Barry Hertz (4 February 2016). "A Canadian box-office battle between Snowtime! and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Brooklyn Tops Canadian Box Office". Northernstars. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Animated La Guerre des Tuques 3D will screen at Sundance Film Festival". Montreal Gazette, September 9, 2015.
- ^ Linda Barnard (12 February 2016). "Snowtime! movie lets Sandra Oh get animated". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Maxime Demers (4 November 2015). "À la conquête du monde". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Brendan Kelly (11 November 2015). "Movie review: La guerre des tuques 3D reanimates spirit of original". Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Scott Tobias (28 January 2016). "Sundance Film Review: 'Snowtime!'". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-manolo.html
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-jack.html
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-chuck.html
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-nicky.html
- ^ Sheri Linden (19 January 2016). "'Snowtime!': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-fran.html
- ^ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-daniel.html
- ^ "Snowtime! (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Snowtime! reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
