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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

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A TV documentary filmmaker (Jill Clayburgh) breaks her Valium addiction, with no help from her lover (Nicol Williamson).
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Bob Thomas Associated Press Clayburgh has become the leading portrayer of the troubled modern woman, and once more she is totally persuasive. The trouble lies in the David Rabe script Oct 22, 2018 Full Review Molly Haskell Vogue If Clayburgh and Page don't come up with at least Academy Award nominations for their roles in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, there is no justice in Oscarland. Feb 27, 2020 Full Review Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Rated: 3/5 Mar 9, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com there's more than a little barely veiled hero worship here Rated: 3/5 Jun 26, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can hasn't exactly aged all that well. And that's me being kind. Rated: 2/5 Jun 20, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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michael s Outstanding movie! We CAN overcome. Great acting!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This film's star turns are JC & GP - and Nicol Williamson - as a film, unfortunately, it becomes a necessary fast forward through the book - read the book. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member TV producer Barbara Gordon finds out you can't quit Benzodiazepiness cold turkey. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Good performance by Clayburgh makes this a decent movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I like this film, it made me feel quite sane Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (dir. Jack Hofsiss, 1982) At times, unintentionally hilarious while at some points, deeply and profoundly sick, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can takes a fairly conventional Lifetime movie plot of "drugs are bad" and stretches it into a full-length feature, sacrificing several fine actors in the process. Among those in the field of carnage are Geraldine Page who manages what she can with a somewhat compelling dying poetess, the subject of the main character documentary maker's current piece and a young Dianne Wiest who almost seems to be acting in a different film as her psychiatrist in a mental ward later on in the film. Jill Clayburgh turns in an uneven, showboaty portrayal which, at the time, she must've thought would earn her an Academy Award nomination (her flapping and flailing on the beach during a seizure was a particular high point). Barbara Gordon has few layers and Clayburgh's performance doesn't manange to fill in the gaps in the script when it comes to answering the questions of who this woman is and why she has descended into madness. And it's based on a true story! And it's based on a true story! A 1979 autobiography, to be precise. It's not like there was no available research on what drove this woman to a life of drug addiction. It's the creepy (perhaps, accidentally vile) performance of Scottish actor Nichol Williamson as Clayburgh's alcoholic, manipulative and psychotic boyfriend at the black heart of this spectacle. He decides that his girlfriend's withdrawal from Valium is the perfect time to began beating the shit out of her in addition to keeping her imprisoned in her own home. Truly some of the most disturbing scenes of domestic violence I've ever encountered on film. Only for the strongest of constitutions. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A TV documentary filmmaker (Jill Clayburgh) breaks her Valium addiction, with no help from her lover (Nicol Williamson).
Director
Jack Hofsiss
Producer
Edgar J. Scherick, Scott Rudin
Screenwriter
David Rabe
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2014
Runtime
1h 45m
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