Review of Dancing Across Borders (2010) by Amilcar A — 09 Apr 2010

When I was about 14 I beat a couple of friends in a contest about who could stuff more gum in their mouth. I think I had something like 19 or 20 pieces and I won, hands down. For some reason that stands as my greatest accomplishment in life and perhaps the only time I've demonstrated some innate talent.

When I watched Dancing Across Borders I was a little jealous. Never in my life have I ever been close to being discovered by a rich socialite to do something extraordinary and pull me out of my fishing village (well, OK I don't come from a village but still...).

DAB is a good documentary that inspiring but not particularly inspired (stolen line). It shows the wonderful story about a kid who comes out of nowhere to become a world class dancer. That was pretty cool. Unfortunately the movie spends too much time with pseudo inspirational tidbits and scenes that are totally meaningless. We want to see the little shit dance.

In aggregate the documentary works fine but it could have been a lot more powerful and it certainly could have used a lot more footage from this kid dancing.

We knew that after the movie the dancer and his handlers would be making an appearance in the theater. That was also pretty cool except for the fact that the dancer has quit performing - at least for now. Go figure.