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  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary After a decade of stardom in Israel, American dancer Bobbi Jene decides to leave behind her prominent position at the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company, as well as the love of her life, to return to the U.S. to create her own boundary breaking art. Tracking the personal and professional challenges that await her, Elvira Lind’s film lov...

Directed By: Elvira Lind

  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

Bobbi Jene

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary After a decade of stardom in Israel, American dancer Bobbi Jene decides to leave behind her prominent position at the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company, as well as the love of her life, to return to the U.S. to create her own boundary breaking art. Tracking the personal and professional challenges that await her, Elvira Lind’s film lov...

Directed By: Elvira Lind

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
52
38% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
52
38% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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83
May 22, 2017
Bobbi’s failures, goodbyes, successes and reconciliations are beguiling, often heartbreaking to witness, but ultimately, it’s the artist’s thrilling dedication to her craft that offers the most sublime state of grace.
By Ally Johnson FULL REVIEW
80
May 22, 2017
A treatise on art, ambition, long-distance relationships and the struggles to find one’s own voice, the film unfolds with uncommon grace.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 21, 2017
Bobbi Jene gives you a taste of how a choreographer works, but mainly registers how she feels. The mostly-female production team stays rigorously focused on her effort to have it all, and on the price she pays.
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60
May 22, 2017
For a film with such a narrow scope, this one oddly refuses to ask some of the basic questions that might have enriched our understanding.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 5, 2017
There may be an intriguing, perhaps even profound story behind Smith’s growth as a singular artist and woman, but director Elvira Lind keeps too much on the surface, making it hard to invest in Smith’s often esoteric, self-centered journey
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 18, 2017
Elvira Lind's film is closer to an advertisement for Bobbi Jene Smith than a film about the contemporary dancer.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 23, 2017
It doesn't know what it wants to be, or what story it wants to tell.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

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Production Company French Quarter Film, Sonntag Pictures
Release Date Sep 22, 2017
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 2 Nominations
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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