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      Mao's Last Dancer

      2009, Biography/Drama, 1h 57m

      78 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Mao's Last Dancer has a stirring story to tell, but excessive sentimentality and leaden pacing keep this biopic from hitting its marks gracefully. Read critic reviews

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      The ballet life of Li Cunxin begins when he 11, taken from his peasant family in rural China to train in Beijing, and he defects to the United States as a cultural exchange student as a young man.

      • Rating: PG (Incidental Smoking|A Brief Violent Image|Language|Some Sensuality)

      • Genre: Biography, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Bruce Beresford

      • Producer: Jane Scott

      • Writer: Jan Sardi

      • Release Date (Theaters):  limited

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $4.8M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company

      • Production Co: Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.

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      • Jul 13, 2012
        Not a repeat movie by any means. Some of the melodrama seemed over the top and out of place with his relationship with the girl.
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      • Sep 02, 2011
        'Mao's Last Dancer' (2010) is fascinating, beautiful, and a perfect movie to watch if you want your heart to fly.
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      • Aug 21, 2011
        This is one of those must see based-on-a-true-story movies, even if you aren't into ballet. Beautiful. Entertaining. Inspiring.
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      • Apr 29, 2011
        Oh my god, this is such a bad, melodramatic movie. I wanted to watch this because I thought it was a documentary, but Mao's Last Dancer couldn't be further from that.
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