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Dance Party, USA
Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    75
    Dramatically simple but emotionally complex.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Darcie Stevens
    67
    Delving beneath skin level and examining the mind of an 18-next-week boy, Dance Party is challenging, gritty, and true.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    50
    Directed with extraordinary empathy by Aaron Katz (who also wrote the story), Dance Party, USA is an admittedly slight movie, but one that is given heft by a yearning tone and a camera fascinated by the emotional shifts and shadows on a young person's face.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jordan Harper
    40
    Writer-director Aaron Katz has a gift for naturalistic dialogue--that alone allows his film to transcend the micro-budget indie gabfest genre. On the other hand, there's a fine line between naturalistic and dull, and Dance Party occasionally crosses it as its young actors talk about life, or don't talk about life.
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