Metacritic Movie Ratings
Ballets Russes Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 90

  out of 100

  VarietyScott Foundas

  Enormously absorbing.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  A captivating film that truly elevates the spirit, Ballets Russes is the most emotionally satisfying documentary since "Mad Hot Ballroom."

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• 90

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  A feature-length documentary, by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller, of absolutely breathtaking sweep and joyous energy.

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• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The archival footage is so breathtaking, the reminiscences so piquant, that even a stranger to dance can't help but be swept up by this peek into such exquisite, now vanished glamour.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesDana Stevens

  Ballets Russes does tell a marvelous story of midcentury show business, encompassing both the most exalted expressions of pure art and the sometimes grubby commerce that sustained it.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  A captivating if somewhat conventional documentary, Ballets Russes is a paean to the groundbreaking, 20th century ballet troupe that began as a loose group of Russian refugees, metamorphosed into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and eventually split into two competing companies.

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