Bravetown

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Bravetown

R

2015

1h 50m

Drama

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After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

05/07/2015

Excruciating ... an unwieldy hybrid of high school dance competition movie and shameless flag-waver.

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

05/07/2015

First-time director Daniel Duran, working from a screenplay by Oscar Torres that abounds in the maudlin and risible, isn't able to lift the ham-handed material to a place where it might ring true.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

05/07/2015

C-

If only salutary intentions and one good performance could save a film so fundamentally wrongly conceived.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Punch Drunk Critics

08/14/2018

3/5

It has heartwarming moments and interesting back-and-forth between characters, while keeping its story simple, if a little on the sappy side in the end. Not a bad start to Duran's directing career.

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Christine N. Ziemba

Paste Magazine

05/13/2015

4.5/10

The film turns so overtly melodramatic during its third act that it volleys between a Nicholas Sparks film and Tropic Thunder.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

05/08/2015

While it hints at something deeper, this slick coming-of-age drama about redemption and reconciliation instead chooses a more formulaic path to catharsis.

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05/03/2021

I don’t see it was rated so low, it’s a tearjerker.

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10/07/2020

This movie is shameless! Some struggling kid comes to town and saves the town AND himself through what? .......The art of.......DANCE!!!! It shamelessly uses the death of American servicemen and women to get tears from the audience. It's a very bad storyline!

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Roger G

10/30/2018

The slow start with a story of any kind, then it got worse. It is not worth your time.

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03/19/2017

Teenage angst alongside dance off competing has certainly been done before, and this film pretty much goes by the numbers rather than trying to offer something new to elevate it above what's gone before.

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Farah R

@Farah 09/21/2016

It's not good but it's not bad either. Bravertown combines drama and dance in a not so cliche flick. Its definitely got more momentum than all that Step Up nonsense and the actors did fairly well so I actually had a good time watching this when I was bored.

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08/16/2016

Average movie. The "platoon" part with the kid and him not realizing it's a bad idea was pretty weak. It has potential mixed in with cheesy parts.

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Synopsis

After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

Director: Daniel Duran
Producer: Daniel Duran, Phyllis Laing, Danny Rodriguez, Oscar Orlando Torres
Screenwriter: Oscar Orlando Torres
Production Co: 2 Wolves Films, Strings of Films
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brief Sexuality|Some Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 8, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Runtime: 1h 50m

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