The Red Shoes
1948, Romance/Drama, 2h 13m
59 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
The Red Shoes is one of the best-looking movies ever, and blends multiple moods and styles with balletic grace. Read critic reviews
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Victoria Page
Boris Lermontov
Julian Craster
Ivan Boleslawsky
Grischa Ljubov
Sergei Ratov
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Critic Reviews for The Red Shoes
All Critics (59) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (2)
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These faults, if faults they be, may well be outweighed by the beauty of the ballet sequences and music, by the skill with which Mr Powell always uses colour, and by Miss Shearer's endearing charm.
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A lingering, calf-eyed look at backstage ballet's little world of overworked egos and underdone glands.
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The Red Shoes was shot in three-strip Technicolor, a process that's no longer used because of expense and technical complexity, but one that yielded some of the most spectacular images in cinema history.
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The greatest film about ballet ever made.
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The shoes have never been redder. The color of passion that drenches the Technicolor world of The Red Shoes has been restored to its original luster.
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No wonder Britain, still rationed in color, food, and feeling in the wake of an exhausting war, could not cope with what the movie proposed. Catch it here now, and you will not just be seeing an old film made new; you will have your vision restored.
February 1, 2010 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Red Shoes
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Jun 11, 2018The story of a young ballerina (Moira Shearer) and young composer (Marius Goring) being accepted into a ballet company and then working their way up by demonstrating their skills to an irascible producer (Anton Walbrook) is decent in its own right, and the first half of this film gives us a 'behind the scenes' look into the making of a ballet, with a set of charming supporting characters. What sets the film apart, however, is the actual production of the ballet, which directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger give us in a visually stunning extended sequence, using various film effects to enhance its dreamy feeling. You don't have to be a lover of ballet to appreciate the artistic beauty of these scenes, and it's no wonder the film won Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Score. Shearer being asked to choose between a husband and a career may be a little maddening and sound familiar to women, but the demand is not from her husband, it's from her producer. The ballet shoes that she puts on which promise worldwide fame are a bit of a Faustian bargain, with Walbrook's character Mephistopheles. It gets a bit melodramatic as it plays out, but it's always entertaining. Strong performances, strong direction, and fantastic artistry.Antonius B Super Reviewer
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Oct 24, 2015Walbrook and Shearer are absolutely fantastic in this dazzling visual spectacle that boasts an astounding art direction and cinematography in Technicolor - and in which the theater stage can assume unimaginable, magical proportions thanks especially to phenomenal editing.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Jun 16, 2014This movie shit on Aronofski's Black SwanCita W Super Reviewer
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Feb 20, 2014Until Black Swan, this was the definitive film about ballet. The Svengali relationship between an instructor and his ballerina ups the tension to a delightful level.John B Super Reviewer
The Red Shoes Quotes
| Livy: | You're a magician to have produced all this in three weeks from nothing. |
| Boris Lermontov: | My dear, not even the best magician can produce a rabbit out of a hat if there is not already a rabbit on the hat. |
| Boris Lermontov: | Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit. |
| Boris Lermontov: | You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never. |
| Boris Lermontov: | Why do you want to dance? |
| Victoria Page: | Why do you want to live? |
| Boris Lermontov: | Well I don't know exactly why, er, but I must. |
| Victoria Page: | That's my answer too. |
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