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Dancing Across Borders Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    47

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

    Offered only hints of life away from the barre or of Sy's relationship with his coolly poised benefactress, viewers will see either a very fortunate young man or a beautiful protg, dancing as fast as he can to please everyone but himself.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Ronnie Scheib

    Dancing Across Borders, Anne Bass' uneven docu debut, traces the fortunes of Cambodian ballet dancer Sokvannara "Sy" Sar from the time Bass first discovered him performing traditional temple dances at Angkor Wat to his conquests on the world stage.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    We get white folks ruminating lyrically on the peasant Asian's role as a kind of grand jet bridge between East and West, and long performance sequences that are dazzling to behold but quite troubling to contemplate.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    A dramatic story, to be sure, but not exactly grippingly told by its first-time filmmaker.

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