Mildly insulting melodramatic cliches & heavy direction invade this film at every turn. Only Li's parents' subplot holds any power, in what feels like a big screen telemovie.
I was very impressed that people who could speak proper Chinese (without any Western accent) were used in this film. The dance and music were great, though i think watching the film only once would suffice. Any more and it would be a bit boring.
I can appreciate a good dance/musical. I do like a good drama too but the truth is with this movie it doesn't quite deliver on both fronts. There are some good dance scenes but not enough to keep me enthused and the drama does tug at the heart strings sometimes and you might shed...( read more)
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This movie released in Sept 2009 in Australia. Where is it showing now? Not in the USA! The story took place in the USA (Houston) so thank you, God, that we have Australians, Georgia's Sherwood Baptist Church, and others, with enough backbone to tell great American stories on small budgets that Hollywood ignores at its own peril, and I figure it is because they fear small box office returns. Movies like these get box office returns that are fruitful and multiplicative. Hollywood STILL hasn't figured out remakes and teen sex comedies DO NOT WORK, and ALSO come through with small box office returns. Art for its own sake does not have an easy existence in Hollywood. SEND US SOMETHING NEW, like Mao's Last Dancer!
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