The Dancer

Name: The Dancer
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Released: December 1, 2017
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Amanda Plummer, Charlie Morgan, Denis Menochet, François Damiens, Gaspard Ulliel

2017

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

No score yet

tbd

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

tbd	Your Score
tbd	User Score No score yet

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

The Dancer

Movie Details & Credits

Myriad Pictures | Release Date: December 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Amanda Plummer, Charlie Morgan, Denis Menochet, François Damiens, Gaspard Ulliel, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Mélanie Thierry, SoKo, Tamzin Merchant

Summary: Loïe Fuller (Soko) was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan (Lily-Rose Depp).

Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

See All Details and Credits

Awards & Rankings

Watch Now

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Katie Walsh

Dec 7, 2017

The Dancer is such a bold and assured film, wildly creative and sensual, that it feels far more sophisticated than a debut, and signals Di Giusto as one to watch. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Dec 1, 2017

The Dancer clearly needed a better task master behind the camera. There are too many scenes of Fuller physically and mentally suffering for her art as she questions if what she does actually qualifies as dance. Read full review

Elizabeth Zimmer

Nov 30, 2017

The strength of the film is its portrait of a female artist at work, doing all the complex backstage and business chores her career requires. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Nov 30, 2017

More problematic, even if we accept the film as pure fiction, is its pedestrian construction and ill-conceived script, unlikely to spark interest in one of the most innovative and influential performers of the last century and a quarter. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Nov 30, 2017

An airy, prettily accoutered but essentially vapid feature debut for writer-director Stephanie De Giusto. Read full review

Derek Smith

Nov 26, 2017

Like Loïe Fuller's serpentine dance, the film is structured on repetition: spinning and spinning but never actually taking us nowhere. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Nov 30, 2017

This movie, which stars Stéphanie Sokolinski, the French musician known as Soko, in the role of Fuller, only comes alive during the dance sequences. Read full review

SEE ALL 7 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

tbd

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

No reviews yet.