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Bol Baby Bol
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2014
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Bol Baby Bol
Positive Reviews
17
Negative reviews
7
Average Rating
3.0
/5
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3.0
Were all set for sparks to fly, but unfortunately reality doesnt quite live up to the set up.
Time Out
3.0
In its Soviet years and after, the Bolshoi Ballet earned a reputation for valuing spectacle over substance, offering heroic force in place of refined ..
The New York Times
4.0
The film could have done with far more of that preposterous egotist and former Bolshoi star, Nikolai Tsiskaridze.
Telegraph
5.0
On the one side, there is the seething underbelly of theater jealousies, dueling cliques and dark politics.
1.5
Though not very high expectations were riding on the content of the film, one wouldve surely wanted to have a good laugh watching it, given the premis ..
2.0
For me, the film arouses little interest and has little drama, but its images are stunning.It should serve ballet fans better than non fans.
Sover
3.0
Tellingly, little actual dancing is shown as Read snoops backstage, only scratching the surface of the scandal, though with plenty of simmering intrig ..
Radio Times
4.0
When you see the stage, there is beautiful movement and love and romance but underneath everything is boiling.
Independent
3.0
Like the ballet itself, the Bolshoi may look beautiful from the stalls, but behind the scenes its blood, sweat and tears a tinderbox of combustible el ..
The Guardian
4.0
When I sat down to this disturbing film, I wondered if I was going to compare it to Darren Aronofskys ballet drama Black Swan (2010).
The Guardian
3.0
Besides, Read delves much deeper, into the extraordinary cultural significance in Russia of the Bolshoi itself.
Daily Mail
3.0
Still, as a behind the scenes portrait of one of the worlds greatest dance companies, Bolshoi Babylon makes for a fascinating watch, and an interestin ..
Flim List
3.0
Although its good on the drive and neuroses that come with such a potentially short career, you yearn for more dancing.
Empire
4.0
In the end, Urin is far too clever and considered to make a spectacle.
The Irish Times
4.0
Instead of promoting or smearing a celebrated brand hes created a portrait of a workplace that feels both pertinent to Putins Russia and universal.Tak ..
Standard
3.0
Their film offers an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes of one of the worlds most highly acclaimed cultural institutions.
Cine Vue
3.0
The Hateful Eight is by no means as tight and dynamic as Reservoir Dogs it again evidences the writer/directors migration to novelistic filmmaking, re ..
Games Radar
2.0
Is cinema going to bring down one of the worlds most beloved entertainment institutions
Lw Lies
2.0
Mostly shot in one room its a whole lot of good actors delivering good lines with enthusiasm.
Independent Ie
2.0
A serious case of style over substance and opulence over observation.
One Room With A View
1.0
Nick Read and Mark Franchettis last documentary took them inside a notorious Russian jail where the countrys worst murderers go insane serving out lif ..
Vogue
3.5
Every stage action is a testament to strength, elegance, athleticism and disciplined perfectionism.
Ex Press
0.5
What emerges is a toxic fairytale about the beauty of artistic endeavour and the beastly behaviour that sometimes accompanies it.
Big Issue
4.5
Bolshoi Babylon joins Frederick Wisemans La Danse and National Gallery, and Nicolas Philiberts La Maison de la Radio, as another recent documentary th ..
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