Pina Reviews
Q Network Film Desk
a stark, invigorating reminder that great art never dies with the artist
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Cinemania
The creative marriage of two real artists, Pina and Wim, turns out better than even a Dale Carnegie bred optimist could hope for
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| Original Score: 86/100
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
...as beautiful as it is perplexing.
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| Original Score: 86/100
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Joy, anger, terror, grief - the entire range of human experience can be found in these dances.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Cinema em Cena
Wenders usa sua própria forma de expressão artística (o Cinema) para recriar e enriquecer a obra de Bausch.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
'Undefeated' won the Oscar, but the most truly inspiring of the Documentary Feature nominees is 'Pina.' I know next to nothing about dance, and I was mesmerized.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Times-Picayune
Mondern-dance documentary is visually dazzling but it doesn't make the slightest effort to invite the unconverted to the party.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticWatching Pina is like being inside one of Bausch's surreal pieces.
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| Original Score: 4/4
A remarkable -- and likely enduring -- tribute to an artist committed to creating dance theater drawn from humanity's deepest physical and emotional reserves.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Looking Closer
Bring someone who doubts that movies can surprise us anymore. ... Bring somebody who isn't yet excited about stereoscopic cinema. They'll change their minds.
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| Original Score: A
Charlotte Observer
Most documentaries put us inside people's heads. The dazzling, experimental Pina puts us inside people's feet.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Austin Chronicle
[An] utterly transfixing, exhilarating spectacle of bodies in motion.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Creative Loafing
The 3-D is so subtle, unobtrusive and low-key that at times I felt like I was watching the movie through a View-Master rather than the requisite plastic glasses. That's not meant as a knock.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Pina" isn't just for dance fans or those curious about the latest in 3-D. It's a celebration of life.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An immersive moviegoing experience beyond imagination.
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| Original Score: 4/4
A unique and often sublime artistic experience, "Pina" is a 3-D dance film that immerses us in the movement, letting us feel that we could reach out and touch these dancers as they float past us.
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| Original Score: 4/4
BrianOrndorf.com
Outsiders might have more difficulty comprehending Bausch's mastery, especially whacked up into bite-sized pieces of inscrutable emotion and abrupt movement.
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| Original Score: B-
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Dance fans won't want to miss it, but be prepared to be frustrated almost as often as you're awed.
For anyone with an interest in dance, "Pina" is a must-see. For anyone not interested in contemporary dance, "Pina" is a should-see. It could change your mind.
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| Original Score: 4/5
SSG Syndicate
Exciting if elusive - appealing to dance enthusiasts
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| Original Score: 8/10
