YMMV / Ballerina

• Adorkable:
  • Félicie, especially during the montage of the first ballet audition where she shows a poor understanding of the dance moves in contrast to her more trained and graceful classmates, but it is so endearingly awkward.
  • Victor shows shades of this.
• Americans Hate Tingle: Ballerina was released to poor critical reception in America, with most critics citing the film as dull and bland as well as Weinstein's edits. Meanwhile, the film received better reviews in France and from the general audience.
• Anvilicious: The film's moral about believing in yourself and following your dreams.
• Awesome Music:
  • "I WANNA CUT TO THE FEELING!"
  • "Hold On" used in the trailers.
  • "You Know It's About You" by Magical Thinker and Stephen Wabrel.
  • "Confident" by Demi Lovato.
  • "Suitcase" by Sia.
• Cliché Storm: The film features familiar character archetypes such as the dreamer, the inventor and the Alpha Bitch and a Liar Revealed story with a moral about believing in yourself and following your dreams.
• Critical Dissonance: The Leap! version received negative reviews from critics, garnering a 42% "Rotten" score. The original version received higher praise from overseas critics and audience members and was a box office success overseas, while the Leap! version was better-received by audience members.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Louis Merante and Odette get a ton of fan attention despite not being much of a focus for most of the movie, particularly the former. Some even only gave the movie a watch just for their parts.
• Jerkass Woobie: Camille. A haughty Alpha Bitch who treats Félicie like dirt, destroys her music box merely to upset her, and has no qualms potentially injuring her during their dance-off just because she's rich. But it's made clear that her attitude stems from her poor treatment from her abusive mother, Regine, who basically works her like a slave and leaves her unable to have a real social life, and she's apologetic and softens up after she realizes that she's let her mother control her life even down to her personality.
• Moral Event Horizon: Regine crosses this when, after Camille passes up the role of Clara in The Nutcracker and gives it over to Félicie instead, Regine tries to murder Félicie in retaliation.
• Narm: Camille throwing Félicie's music box out the window is supposed to be a dramatic moment, but Elle Fanning's flat delivery of Félicie's Big "NO!" can ruin it for some.
• The Scrappy: Victor. Many viewers found him annoying and felt his subplot with trying to win Félicie's affections was an unnecessary addition to the film.
• Signature Scene:
  • Félicie and Camille’s dance battle, culminating in Félicie pulling off an astounding, dangerous jump.
  • The film's climax taking place at the Statue of Liberty being built. Many citing it as being as memorable as the X-men movie featuring a similar climax.
• Tear Jerker: When Félicie loses to Camille during their final performance and is thus eliminated from Merante's class, utterly shattering her spirit. To add salt to the wound, Regine forcibly sends Félicie back to the orphanage and fires Odette as well.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: The American Leap! version gets this reaction due to a lot of its added or altered dialogue shoehorning in unfunny jokes and pop culture references. The recasting of some of the characters is also somewhat divisive.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Many fans came to like Merante and Odette for their romantic chemistry and heavily implied history with each other, and the same fans thought the film could've explored them more.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Some have suggested that the film would have been more inspiring if the main character had been a boy who wanted to be a ballet dancer and a girl who wanted to be an inventor, thus breaking gender norms and making for a more unique story-line.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Félicie crosses into Designated Hero territory for some viewers due to the fact that she only is able to enter ballet school through identity fraud, is somehow not expelled once this fact gets exposed (though she does have a close brush with it later on, albeit due to the standard elimination process more than anything), and ultimately is the one who gets to perform in The Nutcracker despite all the other girls in the school having actually gotten accepted into the school on merit and having likely worked longer and harder than Félicie did.
• The Woobie: Félicie. She's a poor, orphaned girl whose dream of becoming a ballerina is constantly shot down by those around her, she's bullied by Camille, and Merante pulls no punches in criticizing her dancing skills.