Dancing on the Edge
Starz | BBC Two | Release Date: February 4, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: The story has ample pulling power. But the music is its driving force--all day and all of the night. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a lusciously shot and brilliantly written and acted account of how the British aristocracy and progressives in high society fell in love with what can best be described as the tantalizing edginess of jazz music and the sense of exploration and wonder it brought to those who heard it even though society at the time was not ready to accept what it all implied. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: Many of the people we meet in the cast are good guys, which gives Dancing a hopeful tone, even when the odds go the other way. We want the folks who deserve it to win, and so does the show. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Dancing is so carefully curated with period detail that it is sometimes rendered inert, especially in this bloated premiere. But it's worth sticking around for the remaining four parts to enjoy the still-fresh music and the agile performance by Matthew Goode as a shady journalist. [18 Oct 2013, p.61] Read full review
75
RedEyeCurt WagnerOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Though the gorgeous production starts out slowly and has its pompous moments, it's ultimately worth your time. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: [A] dignified and sometimes moving mini-series. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's some lovely Jazz Age music (by Adrian Johnston), charismatic performances and a story worth telling in Starz's evocative but languorous five-part miniseries. Read full review
63
New York PostMichael StarrOct 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: While Dancing On the Edge features what should be a compelling story, acted by a top-notch cast underscored by a terrific jazz soundtrack, it’s not quite as riveting as I expected. Read full review
60
Denver PostJoanne OstrowOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: While the atmospherics are great and the cast is impressive, the weight of the film is too much for the slender premise. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: What's missing is passion, joy and (ultimately) interest. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: The script, by director Stephen Poliakoff, who also directs, has its good parts, but every few minutes, the quality is undone by characters announcing things to advance the plot, as opposed to dramatizing events. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryOct 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Dancing [isn't] without elegant moments. It’s just that in the slow waltz of a miniseries that envelops them, someone forget to hone its edge. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubPhil Dyess-NugentOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: The only times Dancing On The Edge doesn’t move like molasses are during the brief moments of excitement or pleasure. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: There is no edge to Dancing on Edge, a drama sunk by its pretensions--one, to be sure, that does come clanking to life somewhat in a madly melodramatic final episode. A long wait, for little. Read full review
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