Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 57Audiences 64GoodWatch 54
Tomatometer62%
Metascore51
IMDb7.0
Letterboxd · 961 ratings3.3/5
Audience score57%
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −26 min on the typical 109
typical 10983Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
2013
June 19, 2013
13 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Alan Brown Director, Writer
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