Thursday, June 16, 2011
DANCE OFF
Today's movie was
I thought this was all dancing by the American Ballet Theater but it is a story about kids trying to get into a dance school that is nearly the same name and they work in a building that is the ABC building and........
So it is Fame for ballet dancers.
Some of the weak story stretches credibility and some of the dancers (you can't fake this, actors can't dance well and dancers can read so there is your choice) are, well reading the script. But that is OK because they do dance frequently and we are treated to some pretty good dance cinematography which is very hard to do.
Among the real actors is Peter Gallagher as the head of the Ballet and some other stalwarts. The kids are earnest.
I enjoyed it. It is not a great movie nor enough dance but the compromise is rather skillful when I think about it.
There is love behind the scrim, taking advantage of ingenues, nasty attitudes, tyrant teachers, bulimia, broken bones, a stage mother, some parents that don't get it "why can't you go to college like every other girl") and so on.
I got a little teary in the end so it is not all paper moon stuff.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
Labels: films
