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Rene Rodriguez
Bruce Beresford's biopic of Li Cunxin, the Chinese ballet dancer who defected while on a student visa in Houston in 1981, is sometimes the movie equivalent of Oscar Meyer cold cuts. But the dancing is pure caviar. September 21, 2010 | Full Review…
Bruce Beresford's biopic of Li Cunxin, the Chinese ballet dancer who defected while on a student visa in Houston in 1981, is sometimes the movie equivalent of Oscar Meyer cold cuts. But the dancing is pure caviar.
Jonathan F. Richards
Feel-good movie about a Chinese dancer presses all the right buttons. September 10, 2010
Feel-good movie about a Chinese dancer presses all the right buttons.
Peter Brunette
Australian director Bruce Beresford handles the culture-clash aspects of the story with a surprising lack of subtlety. September 3, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Australian director Bruce Beresford handles the culture-clash aspects of the story with a surprising lack of subtlety.
Joe Williams
Lovely and astounding, Mao's Last Dancer is a modern epic of art and ambition triumphing oppression. August 27, 2010 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Lovely and astounding, Mao's Last Dancer is a modern epic of art and ambition triumphing oppression.
Tom Long
Too often, though, the film plods along on the ground. August 27, 2010 | Full Review…
Too often, though, the film plods along on the ground.
Peter Rainer
The ballet sequences are beautifully choreographed and a treat to be savored. You'll view Li's progression as an international artist as he becomes one of the best ballet dancers in the world. January 14, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
The ballet sequences are beautifully choreographed and a treat to be savored. You'll view Li's progression as an international artist as he becomes one of the best ballet dancers in the world.
Sarah Knight Adamson
Powerfully compelling and passionate, MAO'S LAST DANCER is a celebration of the human spirit, aiming for the heart and hitting it every time. November 6, 2019 | Full Review…
Powerfully compelling and passionate, MAO'S LAST DANCER is a celebration of the human spirit, aiming for the heart and hitting it every time.
Debbie Lynn Elias
a sweeping story that has many ups and downs, with some pretty noticeable changes in tone and pace October 2, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
a sweeping story that has many ups and downs, with some pretty noticeable changes in tone and pace
Kevin Carr
Quote not available. February 18, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Nell Minow
Missteps prevent ballet drama from reaching great heights. December 24, 2010 | Rating: 3.5 | Full Review…
Missteps prevent ballet drama from reaching great heights.
Don Groves
...somehow makes the extraordinary true story it's based on seem like common corn while succeeding in modest ways. October 15, 2010 | Rating: 86/100 | Full Review…
...somehow makes the extraordinary true story it's based on seem like common corn while succeeding in modest ways.
Philip Martin
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