Fancy Dance

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Larry W 07/18/2024 Very powerful story. Lily Gladstone is an amazing actress. See more Sharang L @Scribe187 Jun 1 With a bravura performance from Gladstone, this is a tender, desperate movie that will have you reaching for the tissues. It deserves a wider audience. See more Grant H. @dj530 May 30 Injustices to Native Americans are at the core of this country, and Fancy Dance is no different in Lily Gladstone’s search for her sister. As systems fail on produce results; it leads us to wonder what measures we take into our own hands to protect those who mean so much to us. See more Sal D. @JustTheLaw Jan 19 I found the story of Roki more compelling than the rest of the characters but that may because the missing character, Tawi, is just dialogue without really any gravity even when conveyed by Lily Gladstone’s character, Tawi’s sister. I think the issue is the performances are staid and a bit underwhelming, considering the gravity of the plot. Also? Gladstone’s character does not particularly come across as the ideal protagonist- not exceptionally likable. Worth a watch but the potential of this film is not realized. See more Vince Q. @Vincedeq Oct 31 Authentic, yet slightly clumsy portrayal of a story of loss and hope on a Plains Reservation in Oklahoma. Gladstone delivers a great performance, but the cast around her is too green to hold the scene. This is the challenge of the independent film voice, and the message is wrapped in a good, story solid — it just needed another 10 million dollars in production value for polish. See more spoko s @spoko Oct 3 Jax was a great character, well played by Lily Gladstone—I think better than in anything else I’ve seen from her. Her quiet, conflicted persistence really carries the film. Her bond with Roki is also compelling, in spite of the fact that Roki isn’t the strongest of characters. She’s sometimes just too naive, though I do think you could read that as a choice the character herself is making—clinging to naive hope as a kind of a survival mechanism. The way the movie plays its characters against larger institutions—custody battles, police systems, tribal bureaucracy—adds weight without overwhelming the personal story. One line from JJ stuck with me, about how this “happens to everybody.” His resignation, and Jax’s outright refusal resign herself, captured so much of what the film was doing. The characters were strong, even when they brushed up against stereotype, and that made the story resonate. See more Read all reviews

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