Decidedly the most excellent film of 2010

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2010)

This film is about an artist's quest for perfection and the glass caged hell she creates, while striving for the impossible goal of that fleeting perfection. It would be far better, this film says, for the artist(dancer) to find some piece of imperfection which she can hold on to, and claim as her own personal and unique stamp on the world.
As Winonna's character says, "I am not perfect" This acknowledgment is perhaps her key, her path to her own redemption. Sorry to say Nina never finds her own path!
Also this film pays major tribute to the 1948 hit "The Red Shoes" which sent generations of ballerinas back to the dance floor... I can only imagine that this film will do much the same! They are both equally spectacular.
This film is very modern, and asks a lot of its viewers, but if you are willing and able, it will pay you handsomely for your suspension of disbelief!
BRAVO!