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The Business of Fancydancing

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Since their high school graduation, former Spokane Reservation best friends Seymour (Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban) have taken different paths. Both ventured off to college in Seattle, but while Seymour embraced the opportunities of the white world, Aristotle returned home embittered. Sixteen years later, they are brought together following the sudden death of an old childhood buddy. Seymour, now an openly gay poet and unofficial spokesman for Native American, is met with resentment on "the rez." As the wake, tensions are heightened, and Aristotle's long-festering bitterness is dangerously exposed.
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Janice Page Boston Globe 11/27/2002
2.5/4
Feels a bit like a racy after-school special. Go to Full Review David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter 10/25/2002
Where it goes wrong is in the combination of poetic sensibilities and run-of-the-mill narrative cinema. Go to Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 10/24/2002
3.5/5
It bristles with a passion and intelligence too intense to allow the film's style to seem pretentious. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
4.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/01/2005
2/5
Luke Y. Thompson New Times 10/09/2003
...laudable, if occasionally muddled and overlong... Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Sherman Alexie

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Evan Adams

Seymour Polatkin

Michelle St. John

Agnes Roth

Gene Tagaban

Aristotle Joseph

Swil Kanim

Mouse

Rebecca Carroll

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Synopsis Since their high school graduation, former Spokane Reservation best friends Seymour (Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban) have taken different paths. Both ventured off to college in Seattle, but while Seymour embraced the opportunities of the white world, Aristotle returned home embittered. Sixteen years later, they are brought together following the sudden death of an old childhood buddy. Seymour, now an openly gay poet and unofficial spokesman for Native American, is met with resentment on "the rez." As the wake, tensions are heightened, and Aristotle's long-festering bitterness is dangerously exposed.
Director
Sherman Alexie
Producer
Larry Estes, Scott M. Rosenfelt
Screenwriter
Sherman Alexie
Production Co
FallsApart Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 10, 2002, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Nov 14, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.5K
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Stereo