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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMr. Gaga is an intense pleasure: the extensive footage of Naharin's choreography in performances over the years, beautifully captured by Ital Rziel, gives an intimate and thrilling glimpse of what he is all about. Naharin's work is distinct.
- Gaga looks like fun, but the soul-revealing “Mr. Gaga” makes clear the sacrifice Naharin’s dedication has exacted from family and dancers alike.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIf you are familiar with his mesmerizing work, nothing more need be said; if you’re not, this feast of dance illustrates why others are.
- 75Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughSlowly it emerges that Gaga is Naharin’s “dance language,” a way of expressing one’s inner being through external movement. Gaga is dada — for dancers.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIn performance and rehearsal clips, Heymann’s saturated cinematography captures the raw physicality and emotion of Naharin’s work, and the way he cajoles, demeans and seduces his dancers.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe result here may not be fully revealing of his process, but it’s as close as we’re going to get.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA fascinating if uneven portrait.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyA more finely focused treatment would have made a much better summation of, or introduction to, Mr. Naharin’s work.
- 50Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsWriter/director Tomer Heymann's uneven doc Mr. Gaga offers a character study of Israeli dance choreographer Ohad Naharin, but the scope and power of Naharin's art only becomes clear when the dancers illustrate rather than comment on his distinctively twitchy, animalistic "gaga" style of movement.