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The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:26
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Bardem is compelling in the lead role, and Malkovich proves adept at crafting mood.
Theatrical Release:May 2, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $2,282,798
Synopsis: The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been... [More]
Starring: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra
Director: John Malkovich
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Reviews for The Dancer Upstairs
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09/17/03
Top CriticIt is not revolutionary, but it brims with promise and a love of film, and is a fine if worried dance indeed.
05/16/03
Top CriticMoving, melancholy, and, yes, political.
05/16/03
Top CriticReflects its director, being intelligent and elegantly turned-out but distant.
05/16/03
Top CriticBardem's performance lingers in ways that give the movie resonance.
05/16/03
Top CriticDelivers a haunting story of crime and passion.
05/15/03
Top CriticA welcome throwback to a time when political thrillers relied more on character and tone than on car chases and gun battles.
05/15/03
Top CriticA slow-burning affair that may seem exotic but mainly crawls from cliche to cliche.
05/09/03
Top CriticIt's not a great film, but in its reckless audacity ... it's reassuring. Someone's still willing to take a big chance.
05/09/03
Top CriticAn adult piece of work, made up mainly of quiet, emotional scenes and detailed performances.
05/09/03
Top CriticFar from perfect but completely unique, the film could best be described as a paranoid South American metaphysical political thriller -- you heard me -- and whatever its failures, they're not ones of nerve or imagination.
05/09/03
Top CriticAn elegant and intelligent drama.
05/08/03
Top CriticSmart, upmarket entertainment.
05/08/03
Top CriticFrom this tangled web, Malkovich weaves something delicate and devastating.
05/08/03
Top CriticWhat could have been a routine cop-vs.-killer melodrama instead becomes a character-rich, substantial film with important insights about love, justice and honor.
05/08/03
Top CriticAtmospheric but dramatically murky, a mood in search of a story.
05/08/03
Top CriticIt is really quite wonderful, in the age of hyperkinetic thrillers, to encounter a movie that takes the time to record the play of thought and emotion in its characters, to let their conflicts develop in a natural and unforced way.
05/07/03
Top Critic... a terrific film.
05/05/03
Top CriticBardem, the star of The Dancer Upstairs, is that rare modern performer who personifies heroism.
05/04/03
Top CriticLatest News for The Dancer Upstairs
February 17, 2006:
Newell & Bardem Come Down with "Cholera"
International acting stud Javier Bardem and well-rounded movie director Mike Newell are about to bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Love in the Time of Cholera" to the... More...
May 06, 2003:
. . . this is a thriller that means to get under your skin rather than make you leap from your seat. 
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September 25, 2002:
From the Oscar nominated dramatic powerhouses, John Malkovich and Javier Bardem, comes an English language drama exploring real life terrorism in 1980s Latin America. As the opening film at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, 'The Dancer Upstairs' is hoping
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