The Dancer
Myriad Pictures | Release Date: December 1, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshDec 7, 2017
The Dancer is such a bold and assured film, wildly creative and sensual, that it feels far more sophisticated than a debut, and signals Di Giusto as one to watch. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaDec 1, 2017
The Dancer clearly needed a better task master behind the camera. There are too many scenes of Fuller physically and mentally suffering for her art as she questions if what she does actually qualifies as dance. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinNov 30, 2017
An airy, prettily accoutered but essentially vapid feature debut for writer-director Stephanie De Giusto. Read full review
40
VarietyJay WeissbergNov 30, 2017
More problematic, even if we accept the film as pure fiction, is its pedestrian construction and ill-conceived script, unlikely to spark interest in one of the most innovative and influential performers of the last century and a quarter. Read full review
40
Village VoiceElizabeth ZimmerNov 30, 2017
The strength of the film is its portrait of a female artist at work, doing all the complex backstage and business chores her career requires. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithNov 26, 2017
Like Loïe Fuller's serpentine dance, the film is structured on repetition: spinning and spinning but never actually taking us nowhere. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyNov 30, 2017
This movie, which stars Stéphanie Sokolinski, the French musician known as Soko, in the role of Fuller, only comes alive during the dance sequences. Read full review
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