6/10
pretty good...
14 August 2005
I don't know what I expected, but in this pic I thought there'd be more interesting stuff. The hype is there just because documentaries are the "in" thing at the moment, but this was too repetitive. Still, it's so cool to see documentarians turn slight facial twitches, personality characteristics, gestures etc. into caricature-like real-life humor through the subtle art of creative shooting and editing. Some of the public schools produced dancers with real talent! Sooo cute. I suppose I liked 'Spellbound's personal interest stories, whereas MHB profiled entire schools rather than kids, shifting the focus and the hoo-hah onto the dancing teachers, judges, and school principles. That detracted from the kids' awesome levels o' dedication and some of their struggles/stumbling blocks.

A good movie, though.
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