Black Dawn, Black Lawn, or was it Swan?

Rating: 1/10 (15 January 2011)

Behind an epic name, and an attractive poster, there hides a visually interesting, but lacking film.
There aren't many films about ballet, and this one had a lot of potential, but... The camera was good, some nice effects, but this film never crosses the line of good. And the ballet scenes weren't very convincing.
My opinion is that, although infused with a slight breeze, this movie relies too much on horror/psychological cliché and gross scenes. Too much of the movie passes on anticipating the next mutilating scene, whereas the psychological side, the key one, isn't at all that convincing or developed. ,,Fight Club'' has done it already, and this is a similar movie in a different setting, but...
It has some moments where it almost succeeds to be beautiful or moving, but it remains mostly in boundaries of disturbing. It has an impact, but altogether it's Déjà Vu and it's score on IMDb, like with many other titles is just ridiculous.