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Children in the cinema were anxious, and tired after about an hour, not really understanding what is going on.

While for adults, this movie was a bit childish, the jokes, the characters, the general approach.

I wish there would have been more music, to enjoy the jazz, an easier to understand story, and much shorter. I think 1h15min would have been completely enough, just editing out the less good parts, and keeping only the best.

Of course, the animaitons, colours, sound were great, but not such a visual experience that it would justify the complex story.

The message in general is nice, a lesson about how to live, the importance of music, but it was a confusing mix between children and adults.

If you are with kids, I would rather skip it, too complex and abstract to follow. If you are with adults, I would only watch it if you are an absolute fan of animation movies, otherwise you will find the 2h really too long.

I enjoyed the movie throughout. The story is nice, there are no unnecessary overacting, no fearful scenes. It's just fun to watch and a great movie for 6-7 year olds. Everybody is ok, the characters are simple enough to understand, it's all clear who are good and bad, so it's easy to follow for children.

It doesn't try to teach any social lessons, world views, or any current propaganda, which was refreshing.

The musical parts were ok, not outstanding.

We didn't know about the book, so cannot tell if it's accurate to the story or not, and actually it is not required to know the book.

The length was a bit on the long side, almost 2h with the usual advertising at the beginning which stretches a bit the attention of children. I find that with better editing and a bit shorter runtime it would be more impactful.

All in all a great movie to watch with children in a cinema to come home with a positive vibe.

I just watched Victoria on a pre-release exclusive showing, and I greatly enjoyed it. Virginie has a great talent for comedies, and romantic comedies, and this movie is no exception. However, Victoria a parallel, satiric, deeper layer beside the general comedy stream. However, it keeps it's promise to be a light movie for a weekend night to have fun. I enjoyed the occasional funny moments, too.

After the movie Virgine came on stage for a question and answer session. I learned that the movie has several elements of near-improvisation, as the actors had the liberty to live their roles fully and didn't had to go word by word by scripts, they had freedom to go further with interpretation when they felt to.

All in all, if you like French comedies, and you like Virginie Efira, you will enjoy Victoria a lot.