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02/13/09 |
Outstanding |
"...each dancer has such a distinctive and alluring personality and style.... each also is in a continual state of tension between unwavering discipline and growth..." |
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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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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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12/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...one scene looks hyper-real while the next feels entirely stagey.... its most potent life will forever be on the stage." |
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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..." |
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08/06/10 |
Very Good |
"...beguiling, absurdist, bittersweet... zany and profoundly emotional, it is a crazy goulash that suggests the screwball nature of history, politics and human nature." |