Mao's Last Dancer has a stirring story to tell, but excessive sentimentality and leaden pacing keep this biopic from hitting its marks gracefully.
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Mao's Last Dancer
Movie Info
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Director -
Bruce Beresford -
Producer -
Jane Scott -
Screenwriter -
Jan Sardi -
Distributor -
Samuel Goldwyn Company -
Production Co -
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd. -
Rating -
PG (Incidental Smoking|A Brief Violent Image|Language|Some Sensuality) -
Genre -
Biography , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 20, 2010, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
May 23, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$4.8M -
Runtime -
1h 57m
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