The Dancer: reviews

What the critics say average 7.1 from 8 outlets

• 8.5 FotogramasMaría Caballero Di Giusto grandstanding sometimes suffocation, but the poetic cadence exceeds any attempt to empty perfume. 'The Dancer' effectively circumvents the canonical biopic and knows how to move between aesthetic decadence. Read
• 8.0 El PaísJordi Costa The most powerful comes with fragments imaginative film-developing contemporary dance, sensory and immersive language. Read
• 7.1 Cahiers du CinémaJean-Philippe Tessé There is a real desire to celebrate this extravagant beauty, and the film takes as long as it does not leave his heroine (...) It could have, and would have had a different extent, be abolished and burning in the show always again iridescent gyrations of the dancer. Read
• 7.0 El MundoAlberto Bermejo Great and reliable reconstructions of the dance and the conviction of the actress Soko. Read
• 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterLeslie Felperin An airy, prettily accoutered first film. Read
• 7.0 Le MondeNoémie Luciani Having set the challenge to recreate on screen the art of the dancer Loie Fuller, Parisian feel of the early twentieth century, Stephanie Di Giusto offers uneven film, uninspired when it tackles the passion of love, but captivating and finely staged when it is interested in artistic creation. Read
• 6.5 VarietyJay Weissberg Not that Soko?s interpretation of Fuller?s performances disappoint. Read
• 6.0 CinemaníaYago García Its staging manages to give some idea of the effort exerted by its protagonist Read