Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Gregory Hines,
Jerzy Skolimowski,
Helen Mirren,
Geraldine Page
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The fancy footwork and star appeal of Gregory Hines as Raymond, an exiled American, and the powerful grace of Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai, a defector, combine with a great production design to carr... read more
DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (292)
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October 11, 2006Great drama-thriller film. Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines were fantastic on their dance sequences.
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July 20, 2007This ended up being a pretty decent movie,nothing oscar worthy, but nobody can dance like they do,its brilliance.
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May 29, 2011This movie has a fun really entertaining scenes (the duo dance scene was absolutely marvelous) but overall, it doesn't know what it wants to be - a thriller, a political drama, an inspirational dance movie... It jumps all over the place and doesn't ever really land anywhere for l... read more
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April 15, 2009A rather interesting twist on what I was expecting from the storyline but it degenerated into a link of robotic scenes set to a hodgepodge of music and finally ended just plain weakly.
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June 14, 2008gregory hines is so incredible, such energy, what a performance. barysnikov is equally amazing, great screenplay and story line.
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January 29, 2008This is the most emotional, deeply moving, passionate movie I have ever seen to date. Don't watch it on a day when you're feeling down--it's also a bit dark and heavy.
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January 13, 2008Wonderful movie. One of my favorite actors Gregory Hines. What a loss for the entertainment world.
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January 6, 2008I watched this one a looong time ago! But it is a delight to see these two great dancers in action. Of course, this movie's about the evils of Communist Russia in the time of the Cold War. The character Mikhail Baryshkov plays- a Russian ballet dancer that reached world fame afte... read more
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September 8, 2007This was a mediocre film but I always liked to watch Gregory Hines dance and that Baryshinikov guy's not too bad either...hehe
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August 25, 2007The Dream Team of performance art genre dance movies. Worth watching if you're a fan of it but don't expect Kubrick. Take away the dancing and this is just a crappy politico movie.
Critic Reviews
August 21, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
August 11, 2002
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
The in-between moments are interesting, and the dancing is spectacular.
February 18, 2007
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)
No review available.
October 22, 2006
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
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October 5, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
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November 1, 2004
Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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April 16, 2004
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal
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