Snowtime!


Snowtime!, also released as La Bataille géante de boules de neige in France and Cleo in the United Kingdom, is a Canadian computer-animated 3D film from Quebec, released in 2015. Directed by Jean-François Pouliot, it is an animated remake of the 1984 film The Dog Who Stopped the War.
The film inspired the spinoff television series Snowsnaps that premiered in September 2018. A sequel film, Racetime , was released in December 2018.

Premise

The film centres on a group of children, led by Luke and Sophie, who plan and stage a giant snowball fight during the Christmas holidays.

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. It had its American premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released in English Canada on February 12, 2016 and the United States on February 19, 2016.
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

Reception

The film has grossed over $13 million worldwide, including in China.

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. 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".