Hot to Trot

Name: Hot to Trot
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 24, 2018
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 47

2018

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First Run Features | Release Date: August 24, 2018 | Not Rated

Summary: The music...the spectacle...the costumes...the grace: ballroom dancing is enjoying a renaissance here in America, as well as abroad. Hot to Trot gets up on the stage and goes behind the scenes to follow four men and women on and off the dance floor over four years.

Director: Gail Freedman

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Gary Goldstein

Sep 13, 2018

Ultimately, it’s the social, sexual, political and artistic power of the same-sex dance phenomenon that gives the topic its unique heft and vitality. Read full review

David Noh

Sep 7, 2018

This doc is far more about being gay than being a gay dancer, with not enough extended performance footage to give you an idea of their real capabilities. This lack also softens the impetus of the movie’s inevitable contest climax, which takes place at the Gay Games in Cleveland, with one of the featured couples winning big. Read full review

Elizabeth Zimmer

Aug 23, 2018

The cameras caress landscapes, skylines, domesticity, and sequined dancers with equal fervor, but one longs for more of what a competition official calls “a vertical expression of a horizontal desire.” Read full review

Dan Callahan

Aug 22, 2018

Hot to Trot brings up some intriguing differences between straight and gay ballroom dancing without ever quite exploring them in depth. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 23, 2018

While the movie makes a winning case for the passion of its subjects, it bears hints of smoothed-over complexities. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 23, 2018

For the most part, footage of rehearsals and competition is lackluster. Read full review

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