Grand Prix of Europe

Grand Prix of Europe is an okay movie for younger kids. The story isn't particularly strong and feels fairly predictable. As someone familiar with Europa-Park, the similarities felt a bit too on-the-nose-though if you don't know the park, you likely won't notice. On the upside, the animation quality is solid, and our kids thought it was fun, even if not incredible. Overall, I'd give it a 6 out of 10-a decent watch for a younger audience.

Watched this movie at the premiere in Pula as part of the Pula film festival. Amazing place to watch a movie under the stars and highly recommend the festival itself.

Such a cute movie! There's a little something for everyone - the car race for the action, the mice's personal journey and the old amusement park for a more sentimental touch, and a bit of silliness for some laughs.

We went to see it with kids of different ages and interests, and everyone found something to enjoy.

Our favorite character was probably Edda, but some of the side characters were great too - we especially loved Maria the seer and Magnus the bear.

The way they showed the countries in the race was also really nice: simple, representative, fun and just right for kids.

There's nothing pretentious or boring here - just a good old-fashioned family movie, like the ones we used to have.

Highly recommended!

Such a lovely movie! My nieces and nephews loved it, and now I'm officially the cool aunt for taking them to the premiere! They have never been to Europa Park, but you don't need to be a fan - the film stands on its own and tells a fun, heartwarming story that kids (and adults!) can enjoy. The idea of a race isn't new, okay, but it's still cute, and the development of the story, especially of the characters, shows that it has a lot to say. A really impressive debut - fun, sweet, and really well made. It seems like making kids happy is their mission, whether it's through rides or films.

Downside: I'll have to go back to the cinema a second time with a horde of little brats!

My little monsters loved it. After the latest Disney flops, I finally saw them excited about a movie again, and I was pleasantly surprised, too. I thought it would be some kind of self-celebratory commercial for Europa Park disguised as a cartoon, but instead it's an independent story, and even though the theme park theme is present, it's nothing like you'd expect. I certainly wouldn't have thought I'd find that part so sweet and sentimental. The story is cute and funny, the characters adorable.

It's truly a nice, classic, family movie, but with modern sentiment and a remarkable graphics.

"Edda" lives and works on her father's struggling fairground but has dreams of driving a Grand Prix car, however unlikely that may be. Meantime, with the challenge for the world title about to take place, the charismatic "Ed" is poised to win his fifth consecutive championship and cement his place in the history books. Determined to sneak a look at his car, "Edda" gets into his garage and decides to take it for a spin. He catches her but not before she has got behind the wheel and hit the streets of Paris - quite literally! With him now sporting a dislocated arm, "Edda" suggests that she don his helmet and pretend to be him for the forthcoming races. It's a risky wheeze, but it might just work - except, well there appears to be something nefarious afoot and when things begin to go slip, sliding away amidst a sea of green gunge it looks like "Edda" has her work cut out to thwart someone's devious plans and to keep "Ed" convinced that it isn't actually her who is threatening his chances. It's quite a basic, but still a quickly paced and enjoyable animation with loads of action very much in the "Wacky Races" vein with plenty of super-stunts, a little bit of menace and even a soupçon of romance as these red leather critters hurl themselves around the streets where there's even some room for action for a big red London bus. It's got the usual tones of inter-reliance and team spirit to keep it whizzing along and I quite enjoyed it.