Fresh
A lovingly shot valentine to work and body and art, and a generous, ultimately happy little story of a lost boy finding a community and a kindred soul.
Trey Graham, NPR
Overview
A gifted young dancer arrives in New York City and joins the downtown contemporary dance world. With talent to burn, he soon must choose between his responsibility to his broken family in the Midwest, and forging a life and career for himself.
Director and cast
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Tomatometer
Fresh
Five Dances should well impress dance aficionados even if its skimpy narrative proves less than inspired.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Rather than adapting the pieces to conform to his paper-thin narrative, Brown explores the tensions and contortions of dancers expressing fresh emotion through a pre-existing art form.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Rotten
There's an interesting vibe there, but it's not enough to save what seems like a failed experiment.
David DeWitt, New York Times
Rotten
Though the film's untested cast struggles with the drama, and the sketched-out story is often banal (there are several amateurish calls-to-mom scenes), the presentation of a specific city subculture is etched from the heart.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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