Battle of the Year
The World is watching
The World is watching
Drama, Music
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2013
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A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
21 Sep 2013
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$16,549,477
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
its dramatization of a U.S. dream team's journey to the international showcase is leaden with predictable character types and storytelling cliches, neither of which its well-executed but oddly infrequent dance sequences are able to overcome.
– Todd Gilchrist,
TheWrap,
23 Sep 2013
rotten:
The actual dancing scenes are occasionally electrifying, if far too sparse, but other than that and the welcome sight of co-star Chris Brown getting clocked in the face, the film barely gets off the ground, much less sticks the landing.
– Keith Staskiewicz,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep 2013
rotten:
A dead-in-the-soul cash grab of a movie set in the competitive world of B-boy dancing that thinks cliches, phony melodrama and product placement can substitute for real storytelling and actual characters.
– James Rocchi,
MSN Movies,
20 Sep 2013
rotten:
Battle of the Year clearly features lots of brilliant dancers, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy watching them move. But you wish there were more dancing here.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
20 Sep 2013
rotten:
Should satisfy the planet of b-boys and girls to whom it thoroughly preaches, while amusing anyone else who simply can't ignore the promise of an all-corn buffet.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
20 Sep 2013