Great movie, great performance!

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2003)

I have seen this twice. The first time I saw it, I had a rather negative angle to it, since I knew it'd be about ballet dancing. Since I'm no fan of such activities myself, I simply made up my mind that it would be bad. The second time I saw it (I was forced to do so by a teacher of mine), I didn't expect much. Since I already knew the story, and the outcome, I didn't pay much attention to it, then I realized what a brilliant acting it was in this movie. As well as how touching the story indeed is. Great directing as well. What struck me as very odd, was that I really appreciated Jamie Bells dancing. It's so full of energy and initiative that it's amazing. This is odd because I really don't have any idea what so ever about dancing, but I can still tell that this boy is good. He will go far!