Anne Bancroft, Leslie Brown, Martha Scott
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Stats: 120 reviews
The character development and interaction is excellent, both Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft are wonderful. If you do not appreciate ballet, it may be tough getting through though. Leslie Browne is such an arrogant snot though, I did not like her character or her performance.
though it gets in its own way at times, this lyrical and deeply film shows the change in a relationship between two friends who were once rivals in an american ballet company. this film helped to make a houselhold name of baryshnikov and showed the world that male dancers could b...( read more)
want to see this because it won best picture with the NBR and best drama picture at the golden globes
Wow, just saw this today! All I can say is Shirley and Anne are great, but the daughter is WRETCHED!!
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