| Occupying a parallel universe are the seven adorable Dwowns, a septet of moppets in big ears, arresting clown garb and multicolored fright wigs. |
| The students are adorable, with just enough backbone to keep from melting into icky Hollywood moppets. |
| They can also recall the kitschy, wide-eyed moppets of Margaret Keane while evoking Paul Klee and the ancient instinct for human portraiture that feels emotionally real but isn't realistic. |
| Set in the prestigious New York Ballet School, the film follows a group of eager young moppets who make the grade to get into the academy. |
| I look down to a meadow in Central Park and see tiny muffled moppets frisking around like children in a Dutch painting. |
| No snot-nosed moppets are gonna be ringing my bell this Halloween. |
