Jig
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Jun 16, 2011
    80
    As for the dancing itself, it's nothing short of dazzling.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Markovitz
    Jun 22, 2011
    75
    They're all fascinating 
 subjects - or would be if Jig didn't dance around their personal stories in favor of overheated waiting-for-the-scores suspense.
  3. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Aug 6, 2011
    70
    One of the things that pushes Jig beyond what it might have been otherwise is that not everything works out as you might have liked.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Mark Feeney
    Jun 16, 2011
    63
    Jig is involving, if at times overly slick.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Paul Schrodt
    Jun 15, 2011
    63
    Jig doesn't twist itself into the self-important, exploitative think piece on youth ambition that Spellbound was, but it does convincingly suggest that its subjects are in it for more than sport.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    Jun 18, 2011
    60
    Although there is some insightful observational work, and the dancing itself is aces, pic feels overcrowded with characters.
  7. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ray Greene
    Jun 18, 2011
    60
    Pleasant is an underrated value in moviegoing, and pleasant is a word that describes director Sue Bourne's look at the world of amateur Irish dance competition in spades.
  8. Empire
    Reviewed by: Anna Smith
    Jun 15, 2011
    60
    A toe-tapping triumph for dance fans, though less so for non-converts.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    Jun 18, 2011
    50
    The film's inability to illuminate the finer points of the rigid form, to define what separates the great from the good, proves frustrating for the outsider.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Jun 16, 2011
    50
    Jig begins light on its feet but soon becomes leaden. Legs pinwheel, and fake ringlets fly, but competitive tension is sacrificed to repetition and an unnecessary focus on complicated numerical scoring.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Jun 17, 2011
    40
    Director Sue Bourne belabors the judges' final decision to such an excruciating length, it makes the whole movie feel a bit more cloddish than it should.
  12. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Jun 15, 2011
    40
    Bourne's lengthy chronicle of the World Championship is severely under-contextualized, leaving us in the dark about the competition's structure and frustrating our efforts to take a rooting interest in the proceedings.
  13. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Jun 15, 2011
    40
    Class, gender and ethnic issues get pushed to the sidelines in favor of rote who-will-win suspense; all that finger-crossing and Lucky Charms flavoring, however, doesn't keep Jig from being just another in a long line of nonfiction soft-shoe routines.
  14. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Jun 17, 2011
    38
    There's no way to put this gently: Watching people slam their heels and toes on the boards while drifting around the floor is about as fascinating as watching the carousel rotation in your favorite microwave oven.

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