Dancing Across Borders
First Run Features | Release Date: March 26, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
Even filmgoers who aren't into dance will find this story captivating because, as much as anything, Sokvannara wants to please his audience, whether in the concert hall or the movie theater. The kid is a natural. Read full review
60
Time OutS. James Snyder
An illuminating profile but a sloppy snapshot of the immigrant experience. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineEd Schied
Dancing lacks probing interviews to highlight the tremendous cultural change, but Sy remains an engaging focus point and there are numerous performance sequences that ably demonstrate his growing accomplishments. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
We get white folks ruminating lyrically on the peasant Asian's role as a kind of grand jeté bridge between East and West, and long performance sequences that are dazzling to behold but quite troubling to contemplate. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Offered only hints of life away from the barre or of Sy’s relationship with his coolly poised benefactress, viewers will see either a very fortunate young man or a beautiful protégé, dancing as fast as he can to please everyone but himself. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It would have been nice to learn as much about Sar the man as about Sar the dancer. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A dramatic story, to be sure, but not exactly grippingly told by its first-time filmmaker. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Dancing Across Borders, Anne Bass' uneven docu debut, traces the fortunes of Cambodian ballet dancer Sokvannara "Sy" Sar from the time Bass first discovered him performing traditional temple dances at Angkor Wat to his conquests on the world stage. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Well-meant though it may be, the movie has an advertorial gloss. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson
Would have benefited from the kind of objectivity that Bass -- as Sar's well-heeled sponsor -- was hardly in a position to deliver. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Informative and flavorful, though lacking in surprise. Read full review
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