Center Stage

What is unexpected is how damned entertaining it all is.

Predictable, yes, but not with all the soap-opera payoffs we might fear. The movie uses the materials of melodrama, but is gentle with them...

A refreshing take on an age-old formula, Center Stage is exhilarating entertainment which rises well above the occasional cliché and cornball sentiment.

I'm sure Center Stage will have immense appeal to those who are interested in or involved in ballet...

Director Nicholas Hytner captures the sheer physicality of dance and gets many of the details of dance life surprisingly right.