Review
for
Mao's Last Dancer
by John Thielking
8-24-2010
Mao's Last Dancer 2:07 PG
Drama
Chi Cao, Guo Chengwu and Huang Wen Bin play the part of a Chinese
ballet dancer in training named Li Cunxin who is taken from his family
in rural China at the age of 11 and trained for the ballet at Madame
Mao's Beijing Dance Academy in 1973. At the age of 18, Li makes a trip
to the US as an honor student ballet dancer and predictably defects
when he falls in love with an American dancer named Liz (Amanda
Schull). Later on he has a longer running romance with Australian
ballerina Mary McKendry (Camilla Vergotis), but this is not portrayed
very well in the movie. This movie has a tear jerker ending that
is very well done. 4 stars.
There are six violent scenes in this movie including: A man is shot on
stage as part of a play, the Chinese play actors are parading with guns
on stage, a man is taken away by the secret police, there is a kung fu
fighting movie, Li is forcibly removed (kidnapped) and there is a
depiction of a Chinese chain gang where one person is shot in the head
(off screen).
The previews include: A violent preview for Mesrine and non-violent
previews for A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop, It's Kind Of A Funny
Story, Jack Goes Boating and Never Let Me Go.
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