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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...deeply moving.... straightforward but revealingly sharp-eyed... an intensely insightful and realistic look at what's involved in trying to forge a ballet career." |
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08/20/10 |
Very Good |
 "Beresford, the gifted Australian filmmaker, has collaborated with cinematographer Peter James to capture a fine sense of time and place, as well as the dynamism of contemporary classic ballet..." |
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08/06/10 |
Very Good |
 "...beguiling, absurdist, bittersweet... at once zany and profoundly emotional, it is a crazy goulash that suggests the screwball nature of history, politics and human nature." |
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09/18/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The most impressive thing about this film is the vibrancy of its world, created by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, veterans of the animated TV series 'Clone High.' " |
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02/13/09 |
Outstanding |
 "What's remarkable, as a French choreographer notes, is that each dancer has such a distinctive and alluring personality and style. He might have added that each also is in a continual state of tension between unwavering discipline and growth..." |
