Dance Party USA (2006)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Nov 15, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: A 4th of July party holds a surprise for two teenage friends as one reveals a deep secret to the other in Aaron Katz's DANCE PARTY USA.
Director: Aaron Katz
Reviews for Dance Party USA
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captures with apparent effortlessness the tongue-tied self-consciousness and dreamy disorientation that growing up entails. Full Review |
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A- |
Dance Party, USA is part of a new direction for independent film: homemade movies that feel more personal than communitarian and, as a result, seem less moralizing and dogmatic than the familiar, tired Sundance model. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Dramatically simple but emotionally complex. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
A pair of disaffected 17-year-olds are nudged toward adulthood in a movie that favors natural drift over artificial drama. Full Review |
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Given the obvious financial restraints (the total budget was $3,000), maybe Dance Party should have been a dynamite short. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
A film of easy set ups and resolutions, Dance Party, USA is best when observing how crisis is metabolized. Full Review |
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Challenging, gritty, and true. Full Review |
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