equisite ballet heartwarming true story

I highly recommend this PG rated film for the family because it is inspiring and motivational. It has an assortment of thematic elements such as family life, school issues, culture shock in a new country, pressures of being an overnight celebrity, and the bittersweet experience of first love. The acting was excellent and performed by novice actors and actresses who are real professional ballet dancers who has had some direct or indirect connection to the real Li Cunxin in the past or present. The cinematography was scenic especially those of China. The ballet performances and their respective music scores were colorful, dramatic, and exotic especiallyt the performance of Swan Lake. Li Cunxin and Elizabeth are naive virginal lovers who get married despite society which motivates him to defect to USA and may compromise the lives of his family in China and the political relations between USA and China.

The emotional journey that have every audience going for their kleenex, at least at the theater that i was in.Not often a movie gets applauded in the end , this is one of them. Touching and fair, for someone who was there when the red guards were running rampant, i can assure you the portrayal is fair and accurate. I congratulate the director for such a fine moive and Bruce greenwood is good enough for an academy nomination. Go see it , it will be the best two hours without guns, space ships and aliens.

Epic Unforgettable Enchanting Worthy Historical

one of best this year