Jig
Screen Media Films | Release Date: June 17, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJun 16, 2011
As for the dancing itself, it's nothing short of dazzling. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzJun 22, 2011
They're all fascinating 
 subjects - or would be if Jig didn't dance around their personal stories in favor of overheated waiting-for-the-scores suspense. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 6, 2011
One of the things that pushes Jig beyond what it might have been otherwise is that not everything works out as you might have liked. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJun 16, 2011
Jig is involving, if at times overly slick. Read full review
63
Slant MagazinePaul SchrodtJun 15, 2011
Jig doesn't twist itself into the self-important, exploitative think piece on youth ambition that Spellbound was, but it does convincingly suggest that its subjects are in it for more than sport. Read full review
60
VarietyLeslie FelperinJun 18, 2011
Although there is some insightful observational work, and the dancing itself is aces, pic feels overcrowded with characters. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneJun 18, 2011
Pleasant is an underrated value in moviegoing, and pleasant is a word that describes director Sue Bourne's look at the world of amateur Irish dance competition in spades. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna SmithJun 15, 2011
A toe-tapping triumph for dance fans, though less so for non-converts. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJun 18, 2011
The film's inability to illuminate the finer points of the rigid form, to define what separates the great from the good, proves frustrating for the outsider. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 16, 2011
Jig begins light on its feet but soon becomes leaden. Legs pinwheel, and fake ringlets fly, but competitive tension is sacrificed to repetition and an unnecessary focus on complicated numerical scoring. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 17, 2011
Director Sue Bourne belabors the judges' final decision to such an excruciating length, it makes the whole movie feel a bit more cloddish than it should. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerJun 15, 2011
Bourne's lengthy chronicle of the World Championship is severely under-contextualized, leaving us in the dark about the competition's structure and frustrating our efforts to take a rooting interest in the proceedings. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerJun 15, 2011
Class, gender and ethnic issues get pushed to the sidelines in favor of rote who-will-win suspense; all that finger-crossing and Lucky Charms flavoring, however, doesn't keep Jig from being just another in a long line of nonfiction soft-shoe routines. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithJun 17, 2011
There's no way to put this gently: Watching people slam their heels and toes on the boards while drifting around the floor is about as fascinating as watching the carousel rotation in your favorite microwave oven. Read full review
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